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Author:

Banks, David, 1943- author.

Title:

The Birth of the academic article : Le Journal des Sçavans and the Philosophical Transactions, 1665-1700 / David Banks.

Publisher:

Equinox,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

208 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London.--Series A,--Mathematical and physical sciences.
Journal des sçavans (Paris, France)
Systemic grammar--History.
Functionalism (Linguistics)--History.
Academic writing--History--16th century.
Academic writing--History--17th century.
Scholarly periodicals--France--History--16th century.
Scholarly periodicals--France--History--17th century.
Scholarly periodicals--England--History--16th century.
Scholarly periodicals--England--History--17th century.
France--History.--History.
England--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-201) and index.

Contents:

Getting things started: By way of introduction -- Chapter 2: Linguistic Background -- Chapter 3: Historical Background -- Chapter 4: The Documents to be Used: a Corpus -- Chapter 5: Thematic Structure: a Starting Point? -- Chapter 6: Transitivity: Actions, Events, States? -- Chapter 7: Modality: Possibility, Ability, Obligation -- Chapter 8: Nominalization: Reifying Processes? -- Chapter 9: Winding up and Winding Down: By way of Conclusion?

ISBN:

1781792321
9781781792322

OCLC:

(OCoLC)982005192

LCCN:

2015031046

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)