Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2005

Publication Title

Technical Communication Quarterly

First Page

267

Last Page

275

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15427625tcq1403_4

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.

Rights

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Technical Communication Quarterly on 11-20-2009, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1207/s15427625tcq1403_4.

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