22.4199, Books: Discourse Analysis/Socioling/Historical Ling: Gunnarsson (Ed)

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Date: 25-Oct-2011
From: Julia Ulrich [julia.ulrich at degruyter.com]
Subject: Languages of Science in the Eighteenth Century: Gunnarsson (Ed)

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Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:57:22
From: Julia Ulrich [julia.ulrich at degruyter.com]
Subject: Languages of Science in the Eighteenth Century: Gunnarsson (Ed)

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Title: Languages of Science in the Eighteenth Century 
Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton

Book URL: http://www.degruyter.com/cont/fb/sk/detailEn.cfm?isbn=978-3-11-025505-8 

Editor: Britt-Louise Gunnarsson

Electronic: ISBN:  9783110255065 Pages: 365 Price: Europe EURO 99.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9783110255058 Pages: 365 Price: Europe EURO 99.95

Abstract:

The eighteenth century is an important period both in the history of science 
and in the history of languages. Interest in science, and especially in the 
useful sciences, exploded and a new, modern approach to scientific 
discovery and the accumulation of knowledge emerged. It was during this 
century, too, that ideas on language and language practice began to change. 
Latin had been more or less the only written language used for scientific 
purposes, but gradually the vernaculars became established as fully 
acceptable alternatives for scientific writing. The period is of interest, 
moreover, from a genre-historical point of view. Encyclopedias, dictionaries 
and also correspondence played a key role in the spread of scientific ideas. 
At the time, writing on scientific matters was not as distinct from fiction, 
poetry or religious texts as it is today, a fact which also gave a creative 
liberty to individual writers.

In this volume, seventeen authors explore, from a variety of angles, the 
construction of a scientific language and discourse. The chapters are 
thematically organized into four sections, each contributing to our 
understanding of this dynamic period in the history of science: their themes 
are the forming of scientific communities, the emergence of new languages of 
science, the spread of scientific ideas, and the development of scientific 
writing. A particular focus is placed on the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus 
(1707-1778). From the point of view of the natural sciences, Linnaeus is 
renowned for his principles for defining genera and species of organisms and 
his creation of a uniform system for naming them. From the standpoint of this 
volume, however, he is also of interest as an example of a European 
scientist of the eighteenth century.

This volume is unique both in its broad linguistic approach - including studies 
on textlinguistics, stylistics, sociolinguistics, lexicon and nomenclature - and 
in its combination of language studies, philosophy of language, history and 
sociology of science. The book covers writing in different European 
languages: Swedish, German, French, English, Latin, Portuguese, and 
Russian. With its focus on the history of scientific language and discourse 
during a dynamic period in Europe, the book promises to contribute to new 
insights both for readers interested in language history and those with an 
interest in the history of ideas and thought. 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     French (fra)
                     German (deu)
                     Latin (lat)
                     Portuguese (por)
                     Russian (rus)
                     Swedish (swe)

Written In: English  (eng)

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