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Motives for metaphor in scientific and technical communication /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Giles, Timothy D., 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub., ©2008.
Colección:Baywood's technical communications series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Motives for Metaphor in Scientific and Technical Communication""; ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: The Problem of Metaphor in Scientific and Technical Communication""; ""Differentiating between Scientific and Technical Communication""; ""Metaphor and Analogy""; ""Summary of Chapters""; ""CHAPTER 1: Reintroducing Metaphor in the Technical Communication Classroom""; ""Problem""; ""Methodology""; ""Some General Considerations of Metaphor""; ""Technical Communication Textbooks""; ""Science Writing Texts""
  • ""CHAPTER 2: Metaphor in the Technical Communication Literature""""Metaphor and the Computer""; ""Technical Communication Theory""; ""Technical Communication Pedagogy""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 3: A Review of the Theories of Metaphor""; ""Substitution Theory of Metaphor""; ""Aristotle on Metaphor""; ""Twentieth-Century Substitutionists""; ""Nietzsche and Post-Modern Metaphor""; ""The Tensionists: An Introduction to Interaction""; ""The Interactionists""; ""Metaphor as Epistemology""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 4: The Metaphors of Mathematics: A Case Study of the Solar System Analogy""
  • ""Scottish Natural Philosophy""""Lodge and the BAAS""; ""The Solar System Analogy""; ""The Solar System Analogy in Secondary-School Texts""; ""A Narrative History of the Solar System Analogy""; ""Lord Kelvin""; ""James Clerk Maxwell""; ""J. J. Thomson""; ""Oliver Lodge""; ""Ernest Rutherford""; ""Niels Bohr""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 5: The Question of Metaphor in Natural Language: A Case Study""; ""The Question of Cloning""; ""Recognition of the Dominant/Emergent Metaphors""; ""The Effect Upon the Scientific Community""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 6: Implications""
  • ""An Approach Based on this Study""""Other Avenues for Research""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""Selected Titles from: Baywoodâ€?s Technical Communications Series""; ""Back Cover""