The Swedish Academy of Sciences: Language policy and language practice
(2011) Symposium on Languages of Science in the Time of Linnaeus Languages of Science in the Eighteenth Century. p.63-87- Abstract
- The Swedish Academy of Sciences was founded in 1739. The article presents and discusses the explicit language policy of the academy and analyzes some aspects of the language and rhetoric of the transactions (in Swedish) of the academy:textual organization, objectivity, rhetorical devices, lexical apparatus, syntactic machinery and techniques of presentation. Special interest is devoted to the transition from Latin to Swedish as the medium of the scientific exposition.
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- author
- Teleman, Ulf LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2011
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- text, 18th century, technical writing, syntax, standardization, Latin, Swedish, rhetoric
- host publication
- [Host publication title missing]
- editor
- Gunnarsson, Britt-Louise
- volume
- Languages of Science in the Eighteenth Century
- pages
- 25 pages
- publisher
- Mouton de Gruyter
- conference name
- Symposium on Languages of Science in the Time of Linnaeus
- conference dates
- 0001-01-02
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84881691014
- ISBN
- 978-3-11-025505-8
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Swedish (015011001)
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- 0c3440ed-d98b-46fc-b3cd-f1b571b0b523 (old id 2255225)
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- 2016-04-04 10:03:11
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author = {{Teleman, Ulf}},
booktitle = {{[Host publication title missing]}},
editor = {{Gunnarsson, Britt-Louise}},
isbn = {{978-3-11-025505-8}},
keywords = {{text; 18th century; technical writing; syntax; standardization; Latin; Swedish; rhetoric}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{63--87}},
publisher = {{Mouton de Gruyter}},
title = {{The Swedish Academy of Sciences: Language policy and language practice}},
volume = {{Languages of Science in the Eighteenth Century}},
year = {{2011}},
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