Ensuring Facts are Never Twisted: The Role of Epistemic Language in Discourse of and about Science
Type of Presentation
Individual paper/presentation (20 minute presentation)
Target Audience
Other
Location
Room 111
Abstract
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Presentation Description
Using texts from academic, public, and political discourse, I use sociolinguistics to describe the slippage between what scientists “mean,” and what public and political readers of science interpret. Because science is “used” to justify action in the public and political realms, such slippages deserve analysis and attention.
Keywords
Sociolinguistics, Interpretations of science
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Maddalena, Kate McKinney, "Ensuring Facts are Never Twisted: The Role of Epistemic Language in Discourse of and about Science" (2010). Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 56.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2010/2010/56
Ensuring Facts are Never Twisted: The Role of Epistemic Language in Discourse of and about Science
Room 111
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