Accessibility and acceptability in technical manuals : a survey of style and grammatical metaphor /

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Author / Creator:Lassen, Inger, 1951-
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., c2003.
Description:xvii, 183 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Document design companion series, 1568-1963 ; v. 4
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5170246
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ISBN:1588113620
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-174) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Preface
  • 2. Introduction
  • 3. 1. Research disciplines and methods
  • 4. 2. Field, tenor and mode dimensions
  • 5. 3. Register analysis
  • 6. 4. Categorizing text through genre analysis
  • 7. 5. Research methods and survey
  • 8. 6. Information structure
  • 9. 7. The technical manual as social semiotic
  • 10. 8. Discussion and conclusions
  • 11. References
  • 12. Appendix
  • 13. Name index
  • 14. Subject index