Abstracts 1.1 Definitions 1.2 Classification 1.3 Values 1.4 Writing Style Syntax 2.1 Definitions 2.2 Linguistic Approaches A Syntactic Study of Medical RA Abstracts 3.1 Purpose 3.2 Theoretical Considerations 3.3 Methods 3.4 Results 3.5 Conclusions Syntactic Features of Medical RA Abstracts 4.1 Types of Sentences 4.2 Verbs Implications 5.1 Theoretical Implications 5.2 Practical Implications Appendixes References