Texts, Textual Acts and the History of Science (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015)

The book presents the outcomes of an innovative research programme in the history of science and implements a Text Act Theory which extends Speech Act Theory, in order to illustrate a new approach to texts and textual communicative acts. It examines assertives (absolute or conditional statements, forecasts, insurance, etc.), directives, declarations and enumerations, as well as different types of textual units allowing authors to perform these acts: algorithms, recipes, prescriptions, lexical templates for terminological studies and enumerative structures. The book relies on the study of a broad range of documents of the past dealing with various domains: mathematics, zoology, medicine, lexicography. The documents examined come from scholarly sources from different parts of the world, such as China, Europe, India, Mesopotamia and are written in a variety of European languages as well as Chinese, Cuneiform and Sanskrit. This approach proves fruitful in both history of science and Text Act Theory.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Archimedes, 42
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2015
Editors:	Karine Chemla • Jacques Virbel
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	430
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-36673-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
LSN:	3-319-36673-4
Barcode:	9783319366739

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