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Languages of science in the eighteenth century
Title
Languages of science in the eighteenth century [electronic resource] / edited by Britt-Louise Gunnarsson.
ISBN
3110255065
9783110255065
9783110255058
3110255057
Published
Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.
Copyright Notice Date
©2011
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1 online resource
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Summary
The eighteenth century is an important period both in the history of science and in the history of languages. In this volume, seventeen authors explore, from a variety of angles, the construction of a scientific language and discourse. The chapters explore the forming of scientific communities, the emergence of new languages of science, the spread of scientific ideas, and the development of scientific writing.
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Contributors
Editors acknowledgements
Introduction
Introduction: Languages of science in the eighteenth century
Section 1. The forming of scientific communities
Church, state, university, and the printing press: Conditions for the emergence and maintenance of autonomy of scientific publication in Europe
Philology in the eighteenth century: Europe and Sweden
The Swedish Academy of Sciences: Language policy and language practice
Section 2. The emergence of new languages of science
Scientific literacy in eighteenth-century Germany
From vernacular to national language: Language planning and the discourse of science in eighteenth-century Sweden
From Latin and Swedish to Latin in Swedish. On the early modern emergence of a professional vernacular variety in Sweden
Science and natural language in the eighteenth century: Buffon and Linnaeus
From theory of ideas to theory of succedaneum: The Linnaean botanical nomenclature(s) as a point of view on the world
Section 3. The spread of scientific ideas
Linnaeuss international correspondence. The spread of a revolution
The influence of Carl Linnaeus on the Encyclopaedia Britannica of 1771
Linnaeus and the Siberian expeditions: Translating political empire into a kingdom of knowledge
The introduction of the Linnaean classification of nature in Portugal
Section 4. The development of scientific writing
Linnaeus as a connecting link in Swedish language history
Calendar and aphorism: A generic study of Carl Linnaeuss Fundamenta Botanica and Philosophia Botanica
The reflective cultivator? Model readers in eighteenth-century Swedish garden literature
The linguistic construction of scientificality in early Swedish medical texts
Eighteenth-century English medical texts and discourses on reproduction
Subject index.
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History.
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