THE SCIENTIFIC STYLE AND GENRES OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS IN THE FIELD OF THEOLOGY

Abstract

 This paper presents the main conclusions of the analysis concerning the characteristics of the language of the scientific style of theological expression of Serbian and English languages. It points out the distinctions, specificity and universality in relation to the scientific style in general, and it also underlines the differences between the linguistic elements used in Serbian or English languages in verbalizing scientific knowledge in the field of theology. The style of scientific works in the field of theology differs from the scientific style of other fields of science. There are many common characteristics and similarities with the style of other fields of science, but there are also some differences. The basic extralinguistic characteristics of theological expression identical to the features of scientific style of other disciplines are precision, abstraction, logic and objectivity. However, a specific methodology of theology and the features of its scientific knowledge inevitably affect the extralinguistic and intralinguistic characteristics of theological research papers. Some genres are changing, evolving, arising or disappearing in the course of time.