The Birth of the Academic Article - Le Journal des Sçavans and the Philosophical Transactions 1665-1700 - David Banks

The Birth of the Academic Article - Le Journal des Sçavans and the Philosophical Transactions 1665-1700 - David Banks

Winding up and winding down: by way of conclusion

The Birth of the Academic Article - Le Journal des Sçavans and the Philosophical Transactions 1665-1700 - David Banks

David Banks [+-]
Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France
David Banks is Emeritus Professor of English Linguistics at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France. He is a past Director of ERLA (Equipe de Recherche en Linguistique Appliquée) and a past Chairman of AFLSF (Association Française de la Linguistique Systémique Fonctionnelle). His research interests include the synchronic and diachronic analysis of scientific text, and the application of systemic functional linguistics to French. He has published over 80 academic articles and authored or edited over 20 books. His book The Development of Scientific Writing (2008) won the ESSE (European Society for the Study of English) Language and Linguistics Book Award in 2010.

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This short final section recapitulates the main findings of the study, and underlines the fact that the linguistic features present in the texts derive ultimately from the historical context in which they are produced.

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Banks, David. Winding up and winding down: by way of conclusion. The Birth of the Academic Article - Le Journal des Sçavans and the Philosophical Transactions 1665-1700. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 163-167 Feb 2017. ISBN 9781781798300. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=25751. Date accessed: 07 Oct 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.25751. Feb 2017

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