Language and Science

Chapter
Publication Date:
2007
Short description:
Language and Science / Carli, A., Calaresu, E.M. - In: Handbook of Language and Communication: Diversity and Change (Handbooks of Applied Linguistics) / MARLIS HELLINGER M. ; PAUWELS A. EDS. - STAMPA. - BERLIN : Mouton de Gruyter, 2007. - ISBN 9783110182170. - pp. 523-551
abstract:
The paper discusses the different types of scientific communication based on the target audience (specialists, learners, lay community). It touches upon sociolinguistic issues relating to the expansion of English as a so-called 'lingua franca' and the consequences for scientific genres and registers in other languages.
Iris type:
Capitolo/Saggio
Keywords:
scientific communication; scientific norms; universality and universalism; scientific genres; Latin; English
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Handle:
https://iris.unimore.it/handle/11380/461171
Book title:
Handbook of Language and Communication: Diversity and Change (Handbooks of Applied Linguistics)