Pilkington

Presented Discourse in Popular Science

Professional Voices in Books for Lay Audiences

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Buch. Hardcover

approx. xvii, 179 pp., index. 2018

XVIII, 190 S. 19 s/w-Tabelle.

In englischer Sprache

ISBN 9789004365964

Format (B x L): 15,5 x 23,5 cm

Gewicht: 434 g

Produktbeschreibung

In Presented Discourse in Popular Science, Olga A. Pilkington explores the forms and functions of the voices of scientists in books written for non-professionals. This study confirms the importance of considering presentation of discourse outside of literary fiction: popular science uses presented discourse in ways uncommon for fiction yet not conventional for non-fiction either.

This analysis is an acknowledgement of the social consequences of popularization. Discourse presentation of scientists reconstructs the world of the scientific community as a human space but also projects back into it an image of the scientist the public wants to see. At the same time, Pilkington’s findings strengthen the view of popularization that rejects the notion of a strict divide between professional and popular science.