Specialized Discourse: linguistic features and changing conventions
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Specialized Discourse
Linguistic Features and
Changing Conventions
PETER LANG
Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • Frankfurt am Main • New York • Oxford • Wien
Contents
Introduction
Linguistic Features
I Defining the Notion o f Specialized Discourse 17
1 The issue of terminology 22
2 The multi-dimensional nature of specialized discourse 25
3 General features of specialized discourse 28
II Lexical Features of Specialized Discourse 33
1 Monoreferentiality 33
2 Lack of emotion 35
3 Precision 36
4 Transparency 37
5 Conciseness 40
6 Conservatism 41
6 1 Reforming legal discourse 42
7 Ambiguity in specialized discourse 46
8 Imprecision in specialized discourse 49
9 Redundancy in specialized discourse 50
10 Semantic instability 53
11 The relationship with general language 54
12 Metaphor in specialized discourse 56
13 Lexical productivity 64
HI Syntactic Features of Specialized Discourse 67
1 Omission of phrasal elements 67
2 Expressive conciseness 69
3 Premodification 73
4 Nominalization 77
5 Lexical density 81
6 Sentence complexity 83
7 Sentence length 85
8 Use of verb tenses 90
9 Use of the passive 96
10 Depersonalisation 99
IV Textual Features 103
1 Anaphoric reference 103
2 Use of conjunctions 107
3 Thematic sequence 108
4 Text genres 112
5 Textual organisation 117
6 Speech acts 128
7 Argumentative pattern 130
8 Linear structure and heuristic methods 137
9 The emotive force of specialized texts 141
10 The literary value of specialized texts 146
Changing Conventions
V The Development of Specialized Discourse
in the 17th Century 153
1 Developments in the lexis of scientific English 156
2 The opaqueness of language 159
3 The transparency of language 161
4 The conciseness of language 164
5 The evolution of the syntax of scientific English 166
6 Conclusions 168
VI Specialized Terms in Hard Word Dictionaries 171
1 The concept of hard words 171
2 The earliest hard word dictionaries 173
3 John Bullokar s hard words 176
3 1 The specialized branches covered by Bullokar 178
3 2 Bullokar s definitions 181
3 3 The representativeness of Bullokar s entries 185
3 4 Affixation in Bullokar s termes of art 190
VII Lexical Choices in a Galilean Translation 195
1 The text and the author 195
2 Salusbury s approach to translation 197
2 1 Salusbury s translation of specialized terms 199
2 2 Salusbury s rendering of metaphorical language 202
3 Salusbury s influence on the English language of science 205
VIII Specialized Neologisms in Boyle s Texts 207
1 Origin of the neologisms 208
2 Boyle s metalinguistic comments on his neologisms 216
3 The semantic and syntactic features of the neologisms 219
4 The nominalizing tendency in Boyle s neologisms 222
DC The Origins of the Experimental Essay 225
1 The main features of experimental essays 227
1 1 Brevity 228
1 2 Lack of assertiveness 231
1 3 Perspicuity 232
1 4 Simplicity of form 236
1 5 Objectivity 238
2 The evolution of the experimental essay 241
X Malthus and the Definition of Economic Terms 243
1 The relationship between definition and science 244
2 The relationship between economics and language 246
3 Malthus principles 248
4 Evaluation of Malthus principles 252
5 Conclusion 254
XI Rhetoric and the Language of Economics 257
1 McCloskey s rhetorical approach 257
2 McCloskey s rhetorical categories 260
3 The relationship between rhetoric and methodology 263
XII The Formation of the Lexis of Computer Science 267
1 Main features of the lexis of computer science 267
1 1 Specialization and borrowing 268
1 2 Neology 270
1 3 Acronymy and abbreviation 273
2 Recent developments 275
3 Conclusion 278
Xm SEASPEAK: A Special Language 281
1 The SEASPEAK Project 283
1 1 The structure of maritime radio-communications 283
1 2 Phonetic features of SEASPEAK 288
1 3 Lexical features of SEASPEAK 289
1 4 Syntactic features of SEASPEAK 290
2 SEASPEAK: a specialized language or a special language? 291
XIV The Language of Popularisation 293
1 Popularisation and translation 295
2 Linguistic features of popularisation 296
3 Definition in popularised texts 297
XV Conclusions 307
Appendices 311
References 321
Index 347
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