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The Development of Scientific Writing: Linguistic Features and Historical Context (Functional Linguistics)
The Development of Scientific Writing Linguistic Features and Historical Context - Functional Linguistics
Author: David Banks
This book traces the development of the scientific journal article as a linguistic genre in terms of its linguistic features. It looks at Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe as the first technical text written in English. Texts by Boyle, Power and Hooke from the late seventeenth century are then considered. This leads to the detailed analysis of...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781845533168
ISBN-10: 184553316X
Publication Date: 12/1/2007
Pages: 228
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Publisher: Equinox Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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