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The Routledge Handbook of Language and Science provides a state-of-the-art volume on the language of scientific processes and communications. This book offers comprehensive coverage of socio-cultural approaches to science, as well as analysing new theoretical developments and incorporating discussions about future directions within the field. Featuring original contributions from an international range of renowned scholars, as well as academics at the forefront of innovative research, this handbook:
- identifies common objects of inquiry across the areas of rhetoric, sociolinguistics, communication studies, science and technology studies, and public understanding of science;
- covers the four key themes of power, pedagogy, public engagement, and materiality in relation to the study of scientific language and its development;
- uses qualitative and quantitative approaches to demonstrate how humanities and social science scholars can go about studying science;
- details the meaning and purpose of socio-cultural approaches to science, including the impact of new media technologies;
- analyses the history of the field and how it positions itself in relation to other areas of study.
Ushering the study of language and science toward a more interdisciplinary, diverse, communal and ecological future,
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Science is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in this area.
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Introduction
PART I: History and Development of Language and Science
- Language and Science from a Rhetorical Perspective
- Social semiotic approaches to language in science: A history of engagement with language & science
- Public Understanding Of Science: Popularisation, Perceptions and Publics
- Science, journalism, and the language of (un)certainty: A review of science journalists' use of language in reports on science
- Language and Science in Science and Technology Studies
PART II: Language and Power
- Language, Power and Public Engagement in Science
- Rhetoric's Materialist Traditions and the Shifting Terrain of Economic Agency
- Accounting for 'Genetics' and 'Race' Requires a Use-Focused Theory of Language
- Encomium of the Harlot, or, a Rhetoric of Refusal
- Gender and the Language of Science: The Case of CRISPR
PART III: Language and Pedagogy
- Rhetorical Invention and Visual Rhetoric: Toward a Multimodal Pedagogy Of Scientific Writing
- Use of Personal Pronouns in Science Laboratory Reports
- Dialogic Approaches to Supporting Argumentation in the Elementary Science Classroom
- The 'objective truths' of the classroom: Using Foucault and discourse analysis to unpack structuring concepts in science and mathematics education
- Iterative language pedagogy for science writing: Discovering the language of Architectural Engineering
PART IV: Language and Materiality
- Of Matter And Money: Material-Semiotic Methods For The Study Of Science And Language
- Anatomical Presencing:Visualisation, Model-Making, & Embodied Interaction in a Language Rich Space
- Narrative, Drama, and Science communication
- Language, Materiality, and Emotions in Science Learning Settings
- The Materialist Rhetoric about SARS Sequelae in China: Networked Risk Communication, Social Justice, and Immaterial Labor
PART V: Language and Public Engagement
- Exploring Public Engagement in Environmental Rhetoric
- Heuristics for Communicating Science, Risk, and Crisis: Encouraging Guided Inquiry in Challenging Rhetorical Situations
- When Expertises Clash: (Topic) Modeling Stasis about Complex Issues Across Large Discursive Corpora
- Blasting for Science: Rhetorical Antidotes to Anti-vax Discourse in the Italian Public Sphere
- Exploring Conversations about Science in New Media
PART VI: Futures for Language and Science
- Rhetorical Futures For The Study Of Language & Science:Theorizing Interpublics In/For Healthcare
- Ecologies Of Genres And An Ecology Of Languages Of Science: Current And Future Debates
- Becoming the Other: The Body in Translation
- Science Communication on Social Media: Current Trends, Future Challenges
About the author
David R. Gruber is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lynda C. Olman is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
Summary
This state-of-the-art volume offers comprehensive coverage of socio-cultural approaches to science as well as analysing new theoretical developments and incorporating discussions about future directions within the field. This handbook is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in this area.
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'A compelling account of science as a socially situated, discursive and rhetorical practice in which language plays a crucial role. Gruber and Olman have skilfully blended the voices of authoritative scholars in the fields of rhetoric, linguistics, science communication, and science education to produce an engaging volume that provides a remarkable map of the terrain.'
Christoph A. Hafner, City University of Hong Kong
