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Presented discourse in popular science : professional voices in books for lay audiences /

"In Presented Discourse in Popular Science, Olga A. Pilkington explores the forms and functions of the voices of scientists in books written for non-professionals. This study confirms the importance of considering presentation of discourse outside of literary fiction: popular science uses prese...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pilkington, Olga A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Colección:Studies in pragmatics, volume 17
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"In Presented Discourse in Popular Science, Olga A. Pilkington explores the forms and functions of the voices of scientists in books written for non-professionals. This study confirms the importance of considering presentation of discourse outside of literary fiction: popular science uses presented discourse in ways uncommon for fiction yet not conventional for non-fiction either. This analysis is an acknowledgement of the social consequences of popularization. Discourse presentation of scientists reconstructs the world of the scientific community as a human space but also projects back into it an image of the scientist the public wants to see. At the same time, Pilkington's findings strengthen the view of popularization that rejects the notion of a strict divide between professional and popular science"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9004365974
9789004365971
ISSN:1750-368X ;