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Praktiken des Zitierens in der vormodernen Wissensliteratur

Praktiken des Zitierens in der vormodernen Wissensliteratur AbstractThe article deals with formal and functional aspects of reported speech in printed natural history texts from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period from a pragmatic point of view. The topos of authority played a crucial role in medieval and early modern non-fictional literature and served to legitimize the knowledge offered by the author. Originally, direct or indirect citation proved knowledge of the authorities, a means by which the author claimed the truth for his statements. In the course of time, direct and indirect speech in scientific texts became more and more a formal and functional tool for positioning one’s own way of thinking in opposition to other opinions. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Zeitschrift für germanistische Linguistik de Gruyter

Praktiken des Zitierens in der vormodernen Wissensliteratur

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Publisher
de Gruyter
Copyright
© 2019 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston
ISSN
0301-3294
eISSN
1613-0626
DOI
10.1515/zgl-2019-0004
Publisher site
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Abstract

AbstractThe article deals with formal and functional aspects of reported speech in printed natural history texts from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period from a pragmatic point of view. The topos of authority played a crucial role in medieval and early modern non-fictional literature and served to legitimize the knowledge offered by the author. Originally, direct or indirect citation proved knowledge of the authorities, a means by which the author claimed the truth for his statements. In the course of time, direct and indirect speech in scientific texts became more and more a formal and functional tool for positioning one’s own way of thinking in opposition to other opinions.

Journal

Zeitschrift für germanistische Linguistikde Gruyter

Published: Apr 8, 2019

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