1st Edition
New Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication Research, Theory, Practice
New Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication represents the most important collection of writings about technical communications ever compiled. Focusing on a wide range of theoretical and practical issues, these essays reflect the rigor, vitality, and interdisciplinary nature of modern technical communications. This represents a collection of the very best scholarly work being done.
Introduction Paul V. Anderson, R. John Brockmann, and Carolyn R. Miller
PART I: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
Studying Writing in Non-Academic Settings Lee Odell, Dixie Goswami, Anne Herrington, and Doris Quick Revising Functional Documents: The Scenario Principle Linda Flower, John R. Hayes, and Heidi Swarts
Topical Focus in Technical Writing Lester Faigley and Stephen P. Witte
PART II: REASSESSING READABILITY
What Constitutes a "Readable" Technical Style? Jack Selzer A Cognitive Approach to Readability Thomas N. Huckin
PART III: APPROACHES FROM RHETORIC, DISCOURSE THEORY, AND SOCIOLOGY
The Role of Models in Technical and Scientific Writing Victoria M. Winkler A Rhetoric for Research in Sciences and Technologies James P. Zappen
A Theoretical Perspective on "How To" Discourse Elizabeth Harris
Scientific Writing as a Social Act: A Review of the Literature of the Sociology of Science Charles Bazerman
PART IV: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
Style as Therapy in Renaissance Science James Stephens Bacon, Linnaeus, and Lavoisier: Early Language Reform in the Sciences James Paradis
PART V: REDEFINITION What's Technical about Technical Writing? David N. Dobrin
Contributors
Biography
Paul Anderson, John Brockman, Carolyn Miller
