On the Features of Abstracting Scientific and Technical Texts in English
The aim of this article was to reveal peculiarities of reporting English texts. The task of the research was an analysis of information function of an abstract. The hypothesis of the study supposes that an abstract lets a customer avoid the necessity of studying an original document. Such methods as structural, component and stylistic analysis were used. The results of the conducted investigation showed that a communicative function of a report is realized in the process of spreading and exchange of information about new achievements of science and technology.