Description
The Routledge Handbook of Language and Science providesa 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, and Public Understanding of Science;
- covers 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 sciences 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 relationship 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.
Reviews
"A compelling account of science as a socially-situated, discursive and rhetorical practice in which language plays a crucial role. Gruber and Walsh 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
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Introduction
David R. Gruber and Lynda Walsh
PART I
History and Development of Language and Science
- Language and Science from a Rhetorical Perspective
Leah Ceccarelli
- Social semiotic approaches to language in science: A history of engagement with language & science
Kimberly Gomez
- Public Understanding Of Science: Popularisation, Perceptions and Publics
Jenni Metcalf and Michelle Riedlinger
- Science, journalism, and the language of (un)certainty: A review of science journalists’ use of language in reports on science
Lars Guenther and Antonia Weber
- Language and Science in Science and Technology Studies
Sheila Jasanoff
PART II
Language and Power
- Language, Power and Public Engagement in Science
Melanie Smallman
- Rhetoric’s Materialist Traditions and the Shifting Terrain of Economic Agency
Katherine J. Chaput
- Accounting for ‘Genetics’ and ‘Race’ Requires a Use-Focused Theory of Language
Celeste Condit
- Encomium of the Harlot, or, a Rhetoric of Refusal
Davi Thornton
- Gender and the Language of Science: The Case of CRISPR
Jordynn Jack
PART III
Language and Pedagogy
- Rhetorical Invention and Visual Rhetoric: Toward a Multimodal Pedagogy Of Scientific Writing
Molly Hartzog
- Use of Personal Pronouns in Science Laboratory Reports
Jean Parkinson
- Dialogic Approaches to Supporting Argumentation in the Elementary Science Classroom
Emily Reigh and Jonathan Osborn
- The 'objective truths' of the classroom: Using Foucault and discourse analysis to unpack structuring concepts in science and mathematics education
Anna Llewellyn
- Iterative language pedagogy for science writing: Discovering the language of Architectural Engineering
Maria Freddi
PART IV
Language and Materiality
- Of Matter And Money: Material-Semiotic Methods For The Study Of Science And Language
S. Scott Graham
- Anatomical Presencing:Visualisation, Model-Making, & Embodied Interaction in a Language Rich Space
T. Kenny Fountain
- Narrative, Drama, and Science communication
Emma Weitkamp
- Language, Materiality, and Emotions in Science Learning Settings
Elizabeth Hufnagel
- The Materialist Rhetoric about SARS Sequelae in China: Networked Risk Communication, Social Justice, and Immaterial Labor
Huiling Ding
PART V
Language and Public Engagement
- Exploring Public Engagement in Environmental Rhetoric
Aimee Roundtree
- Heuristics for Communicating Science, Risk, and Crisis: Encouraging Guided Inquiry in Challenging Rhetorical Situations
Andrew Pyle and Katherine Rowan
- When Expertises Clash: (Topic) Modeling Stasis about Complex Issues Across Large Discursive Corpora
Zoltan Majdik
- Blasting for Science: Rhetorical Antidotes to Anti-vax Discourse in the Italian Public Sphere
Pamela Pietrucci
- Exploring Conversations about Science in New Media
Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher
PART VI
Futures for Language and Science
- Rhetorical Futures For The Study Of Language & Science:Theorizing Interpublics In/For Healthcare
Jennifer Malkowski
- Ecologies Of Genres And An Ecology Of Languages Of Science: Current And Future Debates
Carmen Perez-Llantada
- Becoming the Other: The Body in Translation
Hélène Mialet
- Science Communication on Social Media: Current Trends, Future Challenges
Miguel Alcibar
- Language and Science: Emerging Themes in Public Science Communication
Sarah Rachel Davies
Bibliography
Index
About the Editors
David R. Gruber is Assistant Professor in the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lynda Walsh is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
About the Series
Routledge Handbooks in Linguistics provide overviews of a whole subject area or sub-discipline in linguistics, and survey the state of the discipline including emerging and cutting edge areas. Edited by leading scholars, these volumes include contributions from key academics from around the world and are essential reading for both advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students.
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Subject Categories
BISAC Subject Codes/Headings:
- LAN009000
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
- LAN009050
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
- LAN015000
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric
