The Birth of the Academic Article
Subtitle: Le Journal des Scavans and the Philosophical Transactions, 1665-1700
By: David Banks
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Sheffield, UK; Bristol, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781781792322
Subjects: Academic writing; 16th century; Systemic grammar; 17th century; Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London; Journal des sçavans (Paris, France); Scholarly periodicals; Functionalism (Linguistics); Intellectual life; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting things started: By way of introduction; title: Chapter 2: Linguistic Background; title: Chapter 3: Historical Background; title: Chapter 4: The Documents to be Used: a Corpus; title: Chapter 5: Thematic Structure: a Starting Point?; title: Chapter 6: Transitivity: Actions, Events, States?; title: Chapter 7: Modality: Possibility, Ability, Obligation; title: Chapter 8: Nominalization: Reifying Processes?; title: Chapter 9: Winding up and Winding Down: By way of Conclusion?; title: Bibliography; title: Index.