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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778850803321

Autore

Atkinson Dwight

Titolo

Scientific discourse in sociohistorical context [[electronic resource] ] : the philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1675-1975 / / Dwight Atkinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1999

ISBN

1-135-69176-2

1-282-32579-5

1-4106-0170-6

9786612325793

0-585-14770-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Rhetoric, knowledge, and society

Disciplina

506/.041

Soggetti

Science - Great Britain - History

Science - Social aspects - Great Britain - History

Historiography - Great Britain - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Introduction; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Overview and Motivations; CHAPTER 1 Conceptual Framework; CHAPTER 2 The Royal Society and Its Philosophical Transactions: A Brief Institutional History; CHAPTER 3 Methods of Analysis and Description of Text Corpus; CHAPTER 4 Rhetorical Analysis; CHAPTER 5 Multidimensional Analysis; CHAPTER 6 Synthesis and Discussion: Scientific Discourse and Scientific Forms of Life; CHAPTER 7 Implications and Conclusions; Appendix A: Contents of "Corpus B"; Appendix B: Ranges of Variation for Overall MD Analysis

Appendix C: Standard Deviations for Overall MD AnalysisReferences; Author Index; Subject Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Scientific Discourse in Sociohistorical Context represents the intersection of knowledge and method, examined from the perspective of three distinct disciplines: linguistics, rhetoric-composition, and history. Herein, Dwight Atkinson describes the