| Description |
Examines scientific discourse using a textographic framework, highlighting tensions between global and local trends in academic writing. This book contests monolingual assumptions informing scientific discourse, calling attention to emerging glocal discourses that make hybrids of the standard globalized and local academic English norms.
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| Key Features |
| Author(s) | Carmen Perez-Llantada |
| Publisher | Continuum Publishing Corporation |
| Date of Publication | 22/03/2012 |
| Language | English |
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN-10 | 144118872X |
| ISBN-13 | 9781441188724 |
| Subject | Linguistics |
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| Publication Data |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Imprint | Continuum Publishing Corporation |
| Content Note | 1, black & white illustrations |
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| Dimensions |
| Weight | 537 g |
| Width | 156 mm |
| Height | 234 mm |
| Spine | 15 mm |
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| Editorial Details |
| Format Details | Laminated cover |
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| Description |
| Table Of Contents | 1. The Role of Science Rhetoric in the Global Village; 2. Scientific English in the Postmodern Age; 3. Problematizing the Rhetoric of Contemporary Science; 4. An Intercultural Rhetoric Approach to Science Dissemination; 5. Disciplinary Practices and Procedures within Research Sites; 6. Triangulating Texts, Processes and Practices in Scientific Discourses; 7. English as a Lingua Franca and a More Complex Sociolinguistic Landscape; 8. Redefining the Rhetoric of Science; Bibliography; Index. |
| Author Biography | Professor Carmen Perez-Llantada is at the Department of English and German Studies, University of Zaragoza, Spain. |
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