Signs, Genres, and Communities in Technical Communication.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (272 pages)
- Baywood's Technical Communications Series .
- Baywood's Technical Communications Series .
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- DEDICATION -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables and Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction: A Three-Part Theory of Technical Communication -- PART I: SIGNS -- Chapter 2: A General Theory of Signs -- Chapter 3: Representation in Document Design -- PART II: GENRES -- Chapter 4: Genres of Technical Communication -- Chapter 5: Generic Audiences in Technical Communication -- Chapter 6: Generic Authors in Technical Communication -- PART III: COMMUNITIES -- Chapter 7: Style and Human Action in Technical Communication -- Chapter 8: Communities of Discourse -- Chapter 9: Management and the Writing Process -- Chapter 10: The Range of Instrumental Discourse -- Bibliography -- Index.