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Direct linkCeccarelli, Leah – Written Communication, 2004
This article undertakes a close rhetorical reading of the speeches given by Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Francis Collins, and Craig Venter on June 26, 2000, at the White House ceremony announcing the completion of the Human Genome Project. Specifically, it looks at the metaphors used by each speaker to describe the activity of genomic scientists.…
Descriptors: Genetics, Figurative Language, Rhetoric
Fahnestock, Jeanne – Written Communication, 2004
Researchers studying science communication often examine how texts addressed to different audiences contribute to the formation of knowledge on a given issue. This article examines how arguments on scientific issues travel from text to text by considering how certain figures of speech persist from version to version. It uses a specialized genre of…
Descriptors: Researchers, Figurative Language, Audiences, Research Reports
