Rhetorical figures in science
By: Jeanne Fahnestock.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Figures of speech.; Scientific literature
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-225) and index.