Analysis of the text 'Superluminous Laser Pulse in an Active Medium' (ID:299074)

Since the present text belongs to the scientific functional style, it can be characterized by some graphic and paralinguistic peculiarities. Thus, the title is written in bold type and is followed by the names of the authors, the place of publication (written in italicized type) and the date. Besides, the main body of the article is preceded by an abstract which concisely formulates the key aspects of the information from the text. It should be pointed out that the informativity of the text is also created by paralinguistic means. Here belong certain semiotic devices used as bearers of additional scientific information. In the text under analysis the following paralinguistic means are observed: formulae containing figures (1, 2, 3, 4) and signs of the four arithmetic operations (+ for addition, ― for subtraction, : for division, x for multiplication); letter designations of physical terms (‘c’ is for the speed of light in vacuum, V is for velocity).