Rhetorical figures in science
Auteur :
Fahnestock, Jeanne
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780195165425
Date de publication :
3 avr. 2003
Dimensions :
2,5 x 12,7 x 2,5 cm
Poids :
29 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book breaks new ground in the rhetorical study of scientific argument as the first book to demonstrate how figures of speech other than metaphor have been used to accomplish key conceptual moves inscientific texts. Examples, both verbal and visual, range across disciplines and centuries to reaffirm the positive value of these once widely-taught devices.