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Peer reviewedZhang, John Z. – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1990
Studies the speech act strategies of indirectness in professional letter writing through an analysis of statements which were evaluated by college seniors. Discusses indirectness strategies from the perspectives of (1) value index; (2) writer/addressee orientation; (3) linguistic characterization; and (4) location within sentences. Suggests that…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Higher Education, Letters (Correspondence), Persuasive Discourse
Peer reviewedSullivan, Patricia – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 1990
Studies the visual markers which students employ in writing descriptive and instructional text. Applies the guidelines approach, design decisions approach, and the information/reader model approach. Reports that beginning technical writing majors used fewer illustrations and visual markers than did technical majors. Suggests that the results may…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Majors (Students), Student Writing Models
