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Research in technical communication : a bibliographic sourcebook / edited by Michael G. Moran and Debra Journet.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985.Description: xxviii, 515 pages : 24 cm. illustrationISBN:
  • 0313234310 (lib. bdg.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.0666
LOC classification:
  • T10.5 .R47 1985
Contents:
CONTENTS:
Figures
Preface
Abbreviations
PART I A THEORETICAL EXAMINATION OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
Technical and Scientific Writing and the Humanities -Philip M. Rubens
The History of Technical and Scientific Writing -Michael G. Morgan,
Communication Theory and Technical Communication -George A. Barnett and Carol Hughs
Teaching Technical Writing - Anthony O'Keeffe
PART II TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION AND RHETORICAL CONCERNS
Invention in Technical and Scientific Discourse: A Prospective Survey - Carolyn R Miller
Audience Analysis and Adaptation - Michael Keene and Marilyn Barnes-Ostrander
Modes of Organization - Victoria M Winkler
Style in Technical and Scientific Writing - Glenn J Broadhead
PART III SPECIFIC TYPES OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
Proposals - Mark P. Haselkorn
Technical Reports - Judith P. Stanton
Business Letters, Memoranda and resumes - Mary Hurley Morgan and Michael G. Morgan
PART IV RELATED CONCERNS AND SPECIALIZED FORMS OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION
Computing and the Future of Technical Communication - William L. Benzon
Oral Presentation and Presence in Business and Industry - Bertie E. Fearing
Resources for Teaching Legal Writing - Russell Rutter
Writing for the Government - Robert Scott Kellner
APPENDICES
Appendix I: Guide to Textbooks in Technical Communication - Susan Hilligoss
Appendix II : A selection of Style Manuals - Caroline R. Goforth
Appendix III : The Technical Writing Profession - Julie Lepick Kling
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Contributors
Summary: The chapters comprising Part I outline larger theoretical perspectives from which to examine technical communication: humanistic approaches to technical communication, the history of technical communication, communication theory and technical writing, and the teaching of technical writing.
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Includes bibliographies and indexes.

CONTENTS:

Figures

Preface

Abbreviations

PART I A THEORETICAL EXAMINATION OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION


Technical and Scientific Writing and the Humanities -Philip M. Rubens

The History of Technical and Scientific Writing -Michael G. Morgan,

Communication Theory and Technical Communication -George A. Barnett and Carol Hughs

Teaching Technical Writing - Anthony O'Keeffe

PART II TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION AND RHETORICAL CONCERNS

Invention in Technical and Scientific Discourse: A Prospective Survey - Carolyn R Miller

Audience Analysis and Adaptation - Michael Keene and Marilyn Barnes-Ostrander

Modes of Organization - Victoria M Winkler

Style in Technical and Scientific Writing - Glenn J Broadhead

PART III SPECIFIC TYPES OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION

Proposals - Mark P. Haselkorn

Technical Reports - Judith P. Stanton

Business Letters, Memoranda and resumes - Mary Hurley Morgan and Michael G. Morgan

PART IV RELATED CONCERNS AND SPECIALIZED FORMS OF TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION

Computing and the Future of Technical Communication - William L. Benzon

Oral Presentation and Presence in Business and Industry - Bertie E. Fearing

Resources for Teaching Legal Writing - Russell Rutter

Writing for the Government - Robert Scott Kellner

APPENDICES

Appendix I: Guide to Textbooks in Technical Communication - Susan Hilligoss

Appendix II : A selection of Style Manuals - Caroline R. Goforth

Appendix III : The Technical Writing Profession - Julie Lepick Kling

Author Index

Subject Index

About the Contributors

The chapters comprising Part I outline larger theoretical perspectives from which to examine technical communication: humanistic approaches to technical communication, the history of technical communication, communication theory and technical writing, and the teaching of technical writing.

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