Motives for metaphor in scientific and technical communication / / Timothy D. Giles |
Autore | Giles Timothy D. <1958-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
Disciplina | 601./4 |
Collana | Baywood's technical communications series |
Soggetto topico |
Communication of technical information
Technical writing Metaphor |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-315-22410-0
0-89503-679-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Motives for Metaphor in Scientific and Technical Communication""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Problem of Metaphor in Scientific and Technical Communication""; ""Differentiating between Scientific and Technical Communication""; ""Metaphor and Analogy""; ""Summary of Chapters""; ""CHAPTER 1: Reintroducing Metaphor in the Technical Communication Classroom""; ""Problem""; ""Methodology""; ""Some General Considerations of Metaphor""; ""Technical Communication Textbooks""; ""Science Writing Texts""
""CHAPTER 2: Metaphor in the Technical Communication Literature""""Metaphor and the Computer""; ""Technical Communication Theory""; ""Technical Communication Pedagogy""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 3: A Review of the Theories of Metaphor""; ""Substitution Theory of Metaphor""; ""Aristotle on Metaphor""; ""Twentieth-Century Substitutionists""; ""Nietzsche and Post-Modern Metaphor""; ""The Tensionists: An Introduction to Interaction""; ""The Interactionists""; ""Metaphor as Epistemology""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 4: The Metaphors of Mathematics: A Case Study of the Solar System Analogy"" ""Scottish Natural Philosophy""""Lodge and the BAAS""; ""The Solar System Analogy""; ""The Solar System Analogy in Secondary-School Texts""; ""A Narrative History of the Solar System Analogy""; ""Lord Kelvin""; ""James Clerk Maxwell""; ""J. J. Thomson""; ""Oliver Lodge""; ""Ernest Rutherford""; ""Niels Bohr""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 5: The Question of Metaphor in Natural Language: A Case Study""; ""The Question of Cloning""; ""Recognition of the Dominant/Emergent Metaphors""; ""The Effect Upon the Scientific Community""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 6: Implications"" ""An Approach Based on this Study""""Other Avenues for Research""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""Selected Titles from: Baywood�s Technical Communications Series""; ""Back Cover"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462502703321 |
Giles Timothy D. <1958-, > | ||
London : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Motives for metaphor in scientific and technical communication / / Timothy D. Giles |
Autore | Giles Timothy D. <1958-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
Disciplina | 601./4 |
Collana | Baywood's technical communications series |
Soggetto topico |
Communication of technical information
Technical writing Metaphor |
ISBN |
1-351-84288-9
1-315-22410-0 0-89503-679-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Motives for Metaphor in Scientific and Technical Communication""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Problem of Metaphor in Scientific and Technical Communication""; ""Differentiating between Scientific and Technical Communication""; ""Metaphor and Analogy""; ""Summary of Chapters""; ""CHAPTER 1: Reintroducing Metaphor in the Technical Communication Classroom""; ""Problem""; ""Methodology""; ""Some General Considerations of Metaphor""; ""Technical Communication Textbooks""; ""Science Writing Texts""
""CHAPTER 2: Metaphor in the Technical Communication Literature""""Metaphor and the Computer""; ""Technical Communication Theory""; ""Technical Communication Pedagogy""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 3: A Review of the Theories of Metaphor""; ""Substitution Theory of Metaphor""; ""Aristotle on Metaphor""; ""Twentieth-Century Substitutionists""; ""Nietzsche and Post-Modern Metaphor""; ""The Tensionists: An Introduction to Interaction""; ""The Interactionists""; ""Metaphor as Epistemology""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 4: The Metaphors of Mathematics: A Case Study of the Solar System Analogy"" ""Scottish Natural Philosophy""""Lodge and the BAAS""; ""The Solar System Analogy""; ""The Solar System Analogy in Secondary-School Texts""; ""A Narrative History of the Solar System Analogy""; ""Lord Kelvin""; ""James Clerk Maxwell""; ""J. J. Thomson""; ""Oliver Lodge""; ""Ernest Rutherford""; ""Niels Bohr""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 5: The Question of Metaphor in Natural Language: A Case Study""; ""The Question of Cloning""; ""Recognition of the Dominant/Emergent Metaphors""; ""The Effect Upon the Scientific Community""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 6: Implications"" ""An Approach Based on this Study""""Other Avenues for Research""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""Selected Titles from: Baywood�s Technical Communications Series""; ""Back Cover"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786374603321 |
Giles Timothy D. <1958-, > | ||
London : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Motives for metaphor in scientific and technical communication / / Timothy D. Giles |
Autore | Giles Timothy D. <1958-, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (190 p.) |
Disciplina | 601./4 |
Collana | Baywood's technical communications series |
Soggetto topico |
Communication of technical information
Technical writing Metaphor |
ISBN |
1-351-84288-9
1-315-22410-0 0-89503-679-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Motives for Metaphor in Scientific and Technical Communication""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Problem of Metaphor in Scientific and Technical Communication""; ""Differentiating between Scientific and Technical Communication""; ""Metaphor and Analogy""; ""Summary of Chapters""; ""CHAPTER 1: Reintroducing Metaphor in the Technical Communication Classroom""; ""Problem""; ""Methodology""; ""Some General Considerations of Metaphor""; ""Technical Communication Textbooks""; ""Science Writing Texts""
""CHAPTER 2: Metaphor in the Technical Communication Literature""""Metaphor and the Computer""; ""Technical Communication Theory""; ""Technical Communication Pedagogy""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 3: A Review of the Theories of Metaphor""; ""Substitution Theory of Metaphor""; ""Aristotle on Metaphor""; ""Twentieth-Century Substitutionists""; ""Nietzsche and Post-Modern Metaphor""; ""The Tensionists: An Introduction to Interaction""; ""The Interactionists""; ""Metaphor as Epistemology""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 4: The Metaphors of Mathematics: A Case Study of the Solar System Analogy"" ""Scottish Natural Philosophy""""Lodge and the BAAS""; ""The Solar System Analogy""; ""The Solar System Analogy in Secondary-School Texts""; ""A Narrative History of the Solar System Analogy""; ""Lord Kelvin""; ""James Clerk Maxwell""; ""J. J. Thomson""; ""Oliver Lodge""; ""Ernest Rutherford""; ""Niels Bohr""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 5: The Question of Metaphor in Natural Language: A Case Study""; ""The Question of Cloning""; ""Recognition of the Dominant/Emergent Metaphors""; ""The Effect Upon the Scientific Community""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 6: Implications"" ""An Approach Based on this Study""""Other Avenues for Research""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""Selected Titles from: Baywood�s Technical Communications Series""; ""Back Cover"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818609403321 |
Giles Timothy D. <1958-, > | ||
London : , : Routledge, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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