Signs, Genres, and Communities in Technical Communication
M. Jimmie Killingsworth
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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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415784689
SKU
V9780415784689
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About M. Jimmie Killingsworth
M. Jimmie Killingsworth is a retired professor and former head of the English department at Texas A&M University. A Walt Whitman scholar and award-winning author, nature writer, and Texas Master Naturalist, Killingsworth has written or cowritten eleven books.
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