Rhetorical figures in science

Fahnestock, Jeanne 1945- (Author).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780195117509
ISBN: 0195117506 (Cloth)
ISBN: 0195353552 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780195353556 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 234 p.)
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electronic resource
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. CatBulkString:jan.10.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	CHAPTER 1 The Figures as Epitomes; CHAPTER 2 Antithesis; CHAPTER 3 Incrementum and Gradatio; CHAPTER 4 Antimetabole; CHAPTER 5 Ploche and Polyptoton; Notes; References; Index.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.