Texts, Textual Acts and the History of Science by Karine ChemlaEnglish | EPUB | 2015 | 435 Pages | ISBN : 3319164430 | 5.57 MB
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.)