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Crossley, Rosemary – 1997
This book describes work that has been done with verbally impaired individuals (autism, brain surgery, Down's Syndrome) who are unable to use language to convey even the simplest idea. The book points out that such people are not necessarily strangers to language, they just have not found a way to express themselves. The work discussed in the book…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Problems, Computer Mediated Communication, Language Usage
Peer reviewedGraves, Heather Brodie; Graves, Roger – Technical Communication Quarterly, 1998
Explores how some contemporary language usage presents challenges for technical editing and how awareness of language theory can help students expand their context for (and critically assess) current editing textbook advice on language choice. Discusses what editors and teachers of editing can do to help produce technical documents that address…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Descriptive Linguistics, Editing, Higher Education
