A New Century, a New Periodical, a New Competitor: Mémoires pour l'histoire des sciences et des beaux-arts , 1701

The first issue of the Trévoux journal appeared in 1701. Produced by the Jesuits, it provided a competitor for the Journal des Sçavans. Both journals relied heavily on book notices, and Religion was the most common subject dealt with. Analysis of the process types of finite verbs and of nominalized processes, and of the types of theme, shows that the Journal des Sçavans uses more material processes and less mental processes than the Trévoux journal. In terms of the themes used, the Trévoux journal uses more themes of a mental nature, while the Journal des Sçavans uses more themes relating to humans. Overall, the Jesuit publication tends to a mental conceptual stance, while the Journal des Sçavans tends to a more physical, down-to-earth position.