The Rhetoric of Scientific Language
An Example from Lavoisier
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10610243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wilda C Anderson |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 746 |
| Publication date | 1981-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Language Notes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-6611 • E-ISSN: 2326-1978 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2905835 |
| OpenAlex | W2331107228 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
degree that is perhaps great enough to seem to be one of kind. Scientific writings do form a discourse and hence can be analyzed profitably using the tools of linguistic or stylistic study. There are several points to be raised which explain why the nature of scientific writing can be discussed in the context of literary studies and not only in the history or philosophy of science. A simple example is found in a group of works that come from the French chemical and literary-philosophical context that immediately precedes the revolution in chemistry imposed by Lavoisier, works such as the Dictionnaire de chymie of P. J. Macquer, the Logique of Condillac, and the Reflexions sur le phlogistique and the Traite elementaire de chimie of Lavoisier
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Rhetoric · History and advancements in chemistry · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 1991 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |