The Development of Scientific Writing: Linguistic Features and Historical Context

by David Banks

Book Overview

This book is one of the first applications of a functional approach to language across time. It first summarizes and evaluates previous studies of the development of scientific language, including Halliday's exploration of this fascinating topic. It then traces the development of scientific writing as a genre, in terms of its linguistic features, from Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe (the first technical text written in English) almost to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845533178
• ISBN13: 9781845533175
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"