1st Edition

New Essays in Technical and Scientific Communication Research, Theory, Practice

    254 Pages
    by Routledge

    254 Pages
    by Routledge

    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