Lucia Abbamonte and Olimpia Matarazzo
Rhetorical Communication in the CogSci Discourse Community The Cognitive Neurosciences (2004) in the Context of Scientific Dissemination
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2008
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International Journal of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/5869
https://publications.waset.org/vol/20
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
In recent years linguistic research has turned
increasing attention to covertovert strategies to modulate authorial
stance and positioning in scientific texts, and to the recipients&039;
response. This study discussed some theoretical implications of the
use of rhetoric in scientific communication and analysed qualitative
data from the authoritative The Cognitive Neurosciences III (2004)
volume. Its genreidentity, status and readability were considered, in
the social interactive context of contemporary disciplinary discourses
– in their polyphony of traditional and new, emerging genres.
Evidence was given of the ways its famous authors negotiate and
shape knowledge and research results – explicitly appraising team
work and promoting faith in the fastpaced progress of Cognitive
Neuroscience, also through experiential metaphors – by presenting a
set of examples, ordered according to their dominant rhetorical
quality.
Open Science Index 20, 2008