Signs, Genres, and Communities in Technical Communication / by M. Jimmie Killingsworth and Michael K Gilbertson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Killingsworth, M. Jimmie, author.

Gilbertson, Michael K., author.

Series:

Baywood's technical communications series (Unnumbered)

Baywood's technical communications series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technical writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This important new text invites readers to step back from their busy professional lives and look at technical communication philosophically, to ask fundamental questions such as what does it mean to communicate? and how do language and graphics - the ""signs"" or ""tools"" of the technical communicator - relate to action in a technological world? Through this excursion in the theory of technical discourse, you will discover a fresh approach to reports, manuals, and proposals produced and consumed daily in business, government, and research organizations around the world. The authors examine familiar genres in two relatively new ways.

Contents:

pt. I. Signs

pt. II. Genres

pt. III. Communities.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-251) and index.

ISBN:

1-315-22372-4

0-89503-501-4

9781315223728

OCLC:

922967758