Texts, textual acts and the history of science [electronic resource] / Karine Chemla, Jacques Virbel, editors.
2015
P302
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Texts, textual acts and the history of science [electronic resource] / Karine Chemla, Jacques Virbel, editors.
ISBN
9783319164434
3319164430
9783319164441 electronic book
3319164449 electronic book
3319164430
9783319164441 electronic book
3319164449 electronic book
Published
Cham : Springer, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 430 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
P302
Dewey Decimal Classification
401.41
Summary
The book presents the outcomes of an innovative research programme in the history of science and implements a Text Act Theory which extends Speech Act Theory, in order to illustrate a new approach to texts and textual communicative acts. It examines assertives (absolute or conditional statements, forecasts, insurance, etc.), directives, declarations, and enumerations, as well as different types of textual units allowing authors to perform these acts: algorithms, recipes, prescriptions, lexical templates for terminological studies, and enumerative structures. The book relies on the study of a broad range of documents of the past dealing with various domains: mathematics, zoology, medicine, lexicography. The documents examined come from scholarly sources from different parts of the world, such as China, Europe, India, Mesopotamia, and are written in a variety of European languages as well as Chinese, Cuneiform, and Sanskrit. This approach proves fruitful in both history of science and Text Act Theory.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Chemla, Karine, editor.
Virbel, Jacques, editor.
Virbel, Jacques, editor.
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Archimedes (Dordrecht. Netherlands) ; volume 42.
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