Scientific discourse and the rhetoric of globalization : the impact of culture and language /: the impact of culture and language. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carmen Pérez-Llantada.
• Other Names: Pérez-Llantada, Carmen
• Contents: Cover; Halftitle; Seriespage; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. The Role of Science Rhetoric in the Global Village; Setting the Scene; Theoretical and Methodological Orientations; Rationale of the Study and Intended Readership; Structure and Scope of the Volume; Chapter 2. Scientific English in the Postmodern Age; Knowledge Production, Commodifi cation and Globalization; Scientific Research and Knowledge-Intensive Economies; Research Outputs, Ranks and Indexes; Universities and Publicly Funded Research -- The Global Milieu. Accountability, Transferability and Applicability of KnowledgeThe Case of a Local, National-Based Research Milieu; The Impact of Language and Culture in the International Scientific Landscape; Discoursal Nativization, Hybridization and Glocal Discourses; Chapter 3. Problematizing the Rhetoric of Contemporary Science; Standardization Practices in Scientifi c Discourse; Scientifi c Discourse and its Social Framing Context; The Socio-Cognitive Domain of the Rhetoric of Science; The Textual Features of Contemporary Scientific Discourse; Mapping Intercultural Spaces in Scientific Discourse. Chapter 4. A Contrastive Rhetoric Approach to Science DisseminationKnowledge Construction and Dissemination: Tracing Convergence and Divergence; The Role of Standardized Lexicogrammar in Scientific Dissemination; Research Telling: Intertextuality and Referentiality; The Discourse Functions of Reflexivity in Language; Research Telling and Selling in Scientific Discourse; Argumentation, Intellectual Styles and Evolving Dialogic Spaces; Chapter 5. Disciplinary Practices and Procedures Within Research Sites; An Ethnographic Approach to Science Dissemination. On the Value and Epistemology of Scientific Knowledge ProductionCore/Peripheral Centres and an 'English-Only' Research World; Genre Practices and Disciplinary Enculturation; The Scope of the Anglophone Normative Model; On Deviations from the Anglophone Normative Style; Perceptions and Attitudes as Gate-Keepers of Science Dissemination; Chapter 6. Triangulating Procedures, Practices and Texts in Scientific Discourse; Towards a More Complex Rhetorical Paradigm for Science Dissemination; The Exigencies of Scientific Knowledge Production; The Exigencies of the Globalizing Processes. The Rhetoric of Science and Cultural Collisions: Harmony in Diversity?Science Gate-keeping and the Rhetoric of Contemporary Science; Situated Learning and Advanced Literacy Skills; Chapter 7. ELF and a More Complex Sociolinguistic Landscape; Glocal Discourses in Scientific Communication; The Dynamic Model of Plurilingualism and L2 Multicompetence; From Linguistic Imperialism to Diversification in ELF; Scientific ELF: Threat or Opportunity?; Issues on Language Planning and Areasof Linguistic Intervention; Scientific ELF and Alternative Geolinguistic Spaces; A Note on EAP Pedagogy.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum International Pub
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 501/.4; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Semantics; SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Reason; Rhetoric; Science -- Philosophy; Semantics, discourse analysis, etc; Science -- Philosophy; Reason; Rhetoric; Literature; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441159830; 1441159835; 9781441188724; 1441187383; 9781441187383
• Related ISBNs: 144118872X; 9781441188724; 9781441187383; 9781472534316; 147253431X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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