TY - JOUR
T1 - Negotiating Scientific Ethos in Academic Controversy
AU - Livnat, Zohar
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The aim of this paper is to provide a rhetorical-linguistic analysis of academic ‘conflict articles’ that are part of an actual academic controversy in the field of archaeology, focusing on the concept of scientific ethos . In contexts of conflict, the act of establishing one’s ethos and attacking the rival’s ethos can become a central issue. Scientific ethos is a discursive construction reciprocally established and negotiated through various linguistic practices. First-person pronouns, citations, rhetorical questions, irony, positive and negative evaluations are all resources available to the authors, as well as labeling, quotation marks and punctuation. Scientific norms of disinterestedness and skepticism , as well as the values of consistency , simplicity and fruitfulness are realized in this argumentative context. Due to the ideological, political and religious implications of the subject, emotional neutrality as a scientific value was found to be especially significant.
AB - The aim of this paper is to provide a rhetorical-linguistic analysis of academic ‘conflict articles’ that are part of an actual academic controversy in the field of archaeology, focusing on the concept of scientific ethos . In contexts of conflict, the act of establishing one’s ethos and attacking the rival’s ethos can become a central issue. Scientific ethos is a discursive construction reciprocally established and negotiated through various linguistic practices. First-person pronouns, citations, rhetorical questions, irony, positive and negative evaluations are all resources available to the authors, as well as labeling, quotation marks and punctuation. Scientific norms of disinterestedness and skepticism , as well as the values of consistency , simplicity and fruitfulness are realized in this argumentative context. Due to the ideological, political and religious implications of the subject, emotional neutrality as a scientific value was found to be especially significant.
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/fdffc3a4-a6df-397b-9806-524a60752cbf/
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1075/jaic.3.2.02liv
DO - https://doi.org/10.1075/jaic.3.2.02liv
M3 - Article
SN - 2211-4742
VL - 3
SP - 126
EP - 152
JO - Journal of Argumentation in Context
JF - Journal of Argumentation in Context
IS - 2
ER -