Engendering Linguistic Variation in Literary Prose via Scientific Discourse

Rahmouna Zidane
Additional contact information
Rahmouna Zidane: Tlemcen University

Journal of Ibn Haldun Studies [İbn Haldun Çalışmaları Dergisi], 2022, vol. 7, issue 1, 69-85

Abstract: Scientific discourse is characterized by the prevalence of assertive linguistic acts denoting facts devoid of fiction. It is mainly used in scholarly writings to serve scientific, technical or didactic objectives. Nevertheless, it may be found in literary works in their distinct genres including scientific and non-scientific fiction. Consequently, the present article aims at depicting the role and implication of the language of science in literature. It attempts to reveal the authors manipulation of scientific discourse to denote a sort of linguistic variation within their writings. Various examples were extracted from literary works to illustrate the functional and stylistic variation crafted through the use of the language of science. Discourse analysis was applied to study the functions of scientific language in literary texts. The scrutiny of the mined examples has unveiled that the insertion of scientific discourse in literary prose helps to divulge the characters register and the writers stylistic craft.

Keywords: Discourse; Science; Literature; Linguistic Acts; Variation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://journal.ihu.edu.tr/index.php/ihu1/article/view/112/169 (application/pdf)
https://doi.org/10.36657/ihcd.2022.89 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ihu:ihujur:v:7:y:2022:i:1:p:69-85

DOI: 10.36657/ihcd.2022.89

Access Statistics for this article

Journal of Ibn Haldun Studies [İbn Haldun Çalışmaları Dergisi] is currently edited by Sönmez Çelik

More articles in Journal of Ibn Haldun Studies [İbn Haldun Çalışmaları Dergisi] from Ibn Haldun University Ibn Haldun University, Başak Mahallesi, Ordu Caddesi, F 05 Blok No:3, P.K. 34480, Başakşehir, İstanbul. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sönmez Çelik ().