MODERN METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF RESEARCH

Abstract

The paper presents the modern methods and techniques in the philological research. Scientific research involves not only an individual activity, based on the information and data collection or the formulation of some innovative theses. It also involves communicating the results to a differentiated audience. One should find a purpose for the data collected: it should be taken over by their recipients in an accessible form. In other words, there must be a balance between the content of a research on the one hand, and the shape of the wording on the other. Being familiar with the steps to make in a research endeavour, and observing the rules developed to complete the research in the form of a scientific paper, are both secret ingredients of a successful endeavour. Scientific research involves, besides specialized knowledge, the mastery of appropriate working techniques. To be considered a scientific paper, a text must meet two fundamental prerequisites, namely: to bring something new and/ or to be useful. Between these extremely general boundaries, the scientific works take a wide variety of shapes, using a combination of several classification criteria. Depending on the fundamental approaching method, one may distinguishes the analytical method from the synthetic method. Size of the text is rather a more practical classification criterion than a scientific one. It influences the structure of the paper work only to a certain point. The modality of conveying the research paper influences the structure of the text only in the case of written - oral communication conflict. The paper presents in the end aspects about references, word processing typing and plagiarism.

Keywords

• modern methods; modern techniques; research; philology