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Author Fahnestock, Jeanne, 1945-

Title Rhetorical figures in science / Jeanne Fahnestock
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages)
Contents 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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-225) and index
Notes English
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Subject Figures of speech.
Scientific literature.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
Figures of speech
Scientific literature
Retorica.
Metaforen.
Wetenschappelijke teksten.
Natuurwetenschappen.
RETÓRICA.
FIGURAS DE LINGUAGEM.
LINGUAGEM CIENTÍFICA.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 98026832
ISBN 9780195353556
0195353552
1280761571
9781280761577