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Evaluative Language in Engineering Writing : The Grammar of Persuasion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Simpson-Smith, Claire, author.
- Series:
- Bloomsbury Studies in Systemic Functional Linguistics.
- Bloomsbury Studies in Systemic Functional Linguistics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technical writing--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Technical writing.
- Systemic grammar.
- Functionalism (Linguistics).
- Appraisal (Linguistics).
- Evaluation (Linguistics).
- Persuasion (Rhetoric).
- Communication in engineering.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- Examines strategic language use in professional engineering written reports, illustrating how writers create a persuasive stance within an objective style.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Transcription Conventions
- 1 Writing in Engineering Practice
- 2 Investigating the Language of Engineering
- 3 Constraint
- 4 Context
- 5 Stance
- 6 Strategy
- 7 Teaching Engineers to Write
- Notes
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- References for Corpus Texts
- References
- Index.
- ISBN:
- 1-350-47517-3
- 1-350-47516-5
- 9781350475168
- OCLC:
- 1574805863
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