Languages of science in the eighteenth century

The eighteenth century is an important period both in the history of science and in the history of languages. In this volume, seventeen authors explore, from a variety of angles, the construction of a scientific language and discourse. The chapters explore the forming of scientific communities, the emergence of new languages of science, the spread of scientific ideas, and the development of scientific writing.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Editors acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Introduction: Languages of science in the eighteenth century -- Section 1. The forming of scientific communities -- Church, state, university, and the printing press: Conditions for the emergence and maintenance of autonomy of scientific publication in Europe -- Philology in the eighteenth century: Europe and Sweden -- The Swedish Academy of Sciences: Language policy and language practice -- Section 2. The emergence of new languages of science -- Scientific literacy in eighteenth-century Germany -- From vernacular to national language: Language planning and the discourse of science in eighteenth-century Sweden -- From Latin and Swedish to Latin in Swedish. On the early modern emergence of a professional vernacular variety in Sweden -- Science and natural language in the eighteenth century: Buffon and Linnaeus -- From theory of ideas to theory of succedaneum: The Linnaean botanical nomenclature(s) as a point of view on the world -- Section 3. The spread of scientific ideas -- Linnaeuss international correspondence. The spread of a revolution -- The influence of Carl Linnaeus on the Encyclopaedia …