Rhetorical Figures in Science
Published on 29. July 1999
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-19-511750-9 (ISBN)
Description
Rhetorical Figures in Science 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 in scientific texts. Examples, both verbal and visual, range across disciplines and centuries to reaffirm the positive value of these once widely-taught devices.
Reviews / Votes
well-crafted argument ... well-exemplified series of chapters * Quarterly Journal of Speech, May 2001 * While many books deliver less than they promise, a few, like Rhetorical Figures in Science, deliver more. * Quarterly Journal of Speech, May 2001 *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
10 Zeichnungen
10 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
565 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-511750-9 (9780195117509)
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Rhetorical Figures in Science
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Oxford University Press
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Rhetorical Figures in Science
E-Book
12/1999
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Person
Jeanne Fahnestock is Professor of English at the University of Maryland. She is the author of Rhetorical Figures in Science and co-author of A Rhetoric of Argument.