ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
History and development of language and science
chapter 2|11 pages
Social semiotic approaches to language in science
chapter 4|13 pages
Science, journalism, and the language of (un)certainty
part II|2 pages
Language and power
part III|2 pages
Language and pedagogy
chapter 11|9 pages
Rhetorical invention and visual rhetoric
chapter 14|13 pages
The ‘objective truths’ of the classroom
chapter 15|17 pages
Iterative language pedagogy for science writing
part IV|2 pages
Language and materiality
chapter 16|16 pages
Of matter and money
chapter 17|12 pages
Anatomical presencing
chapter 20|14 pages
The materialist rhetoric about SARS sequelae in China
part V|2 pages
Language and public engagement
chapter 22|13 pages
Heuristics for communicating science, risk, and crisis
chapter 23|11 pages
When expertises clash
chapter 24|14 pages
Blasting for science
part VI|2 pages
Futures for language and science