"I Knew There Was Something Wrong with That Paper": Scientific Rhetorical Styles and Scientific Misunderstandings

Carol Reeves

doi:10.1207/s15427625tcq1403_4

"I Knew There Was Something Wrong with That Paper": Scientific Rhetorical Styles and Scientific Misunderstandings

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Abstract

This selection unpacks scientific prose and claim substantiation for Nobel Prize winner, Stan Prusiner, in the transmissible spongiform encephlopathies field (i.e., mad cow disease). Applying linguistic strategies such as M. A. K. Halliday's "favorite clause type," the author examines argumentative strategies in dense scientific prose both in bold and cautious rhetorical styles and invented lexical changes in new scientific development.

Original language	American English
Journal	Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
Volume	14
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1207/s15427625tcq1403_4
State	Published - Jan 1 2005

Keywords

Stan Prusiner
claim substantiation
nobel prize
rhetoric styles
scientific development
scientific prose

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English Language and Literature
Philosophy of Science
Rhetoric
Rhetoric and Composition
Speech and Rhetorical Studies

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