In:Early Modern English Medical Texts: Corpus description and studies
Edited by Irma Taavitsainen and Päivi Pahta
[Not in series 160] 2010
► pp. v–vi
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Table of contents
Preface
List of contributors
List of abbreviations
Conventions used in this book
Introducing Early Modern English Medical Texts
Part I. Background
Expanding the borders of knowledge
Change and continuity in early modern medicine (1500–1700)
Discourse and genre dynamics in early modern english medical writing
Part II. Corpus description
The field of medical writing with fuzzy edges
Corpus categories
Category 1: General treatises and textbooks
Category 2: Treatises on specific topics
Category 3: Recipe collections and materia medica
Category 4: Regimens and health guides
Category 5: Surgical and anatomical treatises
Category 6: Philosophical Transactions
Appendix: Medicine in society
Part III. Studies
Gaining new knowledge through Early Modern English Medical Texts
Explorations through Early Modern English Medical Texts: Charting changes in medical discourse and scientific thinking
Sign terms in specific medical genres in early modern medical texts
Intensifiers in competition: The picture from early English medical writing
Part IV. Technical aspects
The corpus tool and special features of Early Modern Medical Texts
Exploring Early Modern English Medical Texts: Manual for EMEMT Presenter
Improving the precision of corpus methods: The standardized version of Early Modern English Medical Texts
Early Modern English Medical Texts: Corpus bibliography
References
Name index
Subject index
