Written Communication Jul 1989

Novelty in Academic Writing

DAVID S. KAUFER ; CHERYL GEISLER

Abstract

Authorial newness or innovation has become a subject of growing interest in the sociology of science. We review some of this literature and elaborate constituents of a theory of authorial novelty. We also discuss some parameters that account for the changing assumptions of novelty across disciplinary communities. Finally, we show that many of the insights required in a parameterized theory of newness have not yet made their way into theories of rhetoric or written composition.

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Written Communication
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1989-07-01
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10.1177/0741088389006003003
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