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Peer reviewedCampbell, Kim Sydow – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1991
Suggests that cohesion is best understood as a general perceptual phenomenon rather than a purely semantic one. Discusses three types of structural cohesion based on an analysis of technical texts: cohesion produced through thematic progression, parallelism, and graphic devices. (SR)
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Higher Education, Technical Writing, Text Structure
Peer reviewedDorrell, Jean T.; Darsey, Nancy S. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1991
Describes a study in which 30 letters from corporation executives to shareholders were examined for readability and writing style. Concludes that letters written by executives who were viewed as successful fell into accepted levels of readability. Observes that opening paragraphs tended to be equivocal or positive. Suggests study of shareholder…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business Communication, Letters (Correspondence), Readability
Peer reviewedRunquist, Mark – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1992
Investigates the role that ethos takes in the scientific papers of American glacial geologists. Analyzes the rhetorical strategies of five articles spanning the time period from 1839-1988. Discovers a coherent evolution of rhetorical strategies over this time period. (HB)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Geology, Higher Education, Rhetoric
Peer reviewedGiltrow, Janet – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1998
Focuses on the nominal expressions in the discourse on management. Finds that these nominals recursively delete not only agent roles but also those of experiencer, object, and goal, and at the same time conflate the interests of researchers and managers. Suggests that management nominals are a particularly intense expression of modernity itself.…
Descriptors: Administration, Higher Education, Nouns, Text Structure
Peer reviewedHarmon, Joseph E. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1992
Discusses the typical form and content of 40 theoretical scientific papers chosen from the most-cited papers in the "Science Citation Index." Demonstrates that the form of these papers is similar to that of experimental and methods papers but that the content differs substantially. (HB)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Content Analysis, Higher Education, Research Reports
Peer reviewedTeklinski, Bill – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1992
Quantifies specific elements of technical writing style in five award winning technical manuals where combined averages for the style elements are calculated. Compares these results to common criteria of good technical writing. Claims that wide variations among these manuals show that defining "good" technical writing is difficult. (HB)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Content Analysis, Guides, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWenger, Michael J.; Spyridakis, Jan H. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1993
Studies empirically the effects on reader performance of reduced text structure in technical writing texts. Reveals that removal of cues to local coherence produced reliable decrements in reader performance. Discusses results with regard to questions of information design. (HB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reader Response, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research
