Latin as the Language of Science and Learning

Contents
Acknowledgements and practicalities
Introduction
Part 1 Semantics of the term ‘science’
1 Modern languages: Wissenschaft, science, наука, επιστήμη
2 Terms for ‘science’ in Greek and Latin
3 The wider semantic field of ‘science’ in the classical languages
4 What is science and how does it relate to Denkstil?
5 The demarcation problem
Part 2 Diachronic panorama of Latin science and learning
6 Introductory remarks on Denkstile, epochs, and genres
7 Greek science and its language in Antiquity
8 Foundations of Roman science in Latin
9 The age of the artes liberales
10 The adoption of the Greek Denkstil
11 University science: An Aristotelian Revolution
12 New approaches in the Renaissance
13 New science in the old tongue
14 The demise of Latin as language of science
15 Niches where Latin survived longer
16 From Latin to vernacular science
Part 3 Changes in the language of science
17 Introduction to the linguistics of scientific language
18 Linguistic development studied in a general scientific corpus
19 Conclusions on the Latin used in scientific texts
20 Specific corpora: Arithmetic, historiography, scientific poetry
21 How are new scientific concepts expressed?
22 How was Greek science imported into other languages?
23 The reuse of Latin in the modern languages of science
24 On the relation between science, culture, and language
Summary and concluding remarks
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Bibliographies
General Index