
Rhetoric in(to) Science
Style As Invention in Inquiry
Heather Graves(Author)
Hampton Press
Published on 31. August 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-57273-535-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the role that rhetoric plays in the creation and conceptualization of new knowledge claims. It looks at scientists in the act of conducting research, interpreting data, and constructing accounts of an experiment and highlights how they worked with the linguistic resources available to them to bring into existence abstract concepts and gain new insight into the subject of their study. The book addresses some of the big questions about the epistemic and ontological status of rhetoric in the context of ongoing scientific inquiry. The book concludes with an examination of the implications of this research for the teaching of writing, especially focusing on the role that specialists play in modeling effective writing in their disciplines.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cresskill
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57273-535-4 (9781572735354)
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