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BL
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999447
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b753817
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| Main Entry
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Lassen, Inger,1951-
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| Title & Author
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Accessibility and acceptability in technical manuals : : a survey of style and grammatical metaphor /\ Inger Lassen.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam ;Philadelphia, PA :: J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,, ©2003.
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| Series Statement
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Document design companion series,; v. 4
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1 online resource (xvii, 183 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1423761375
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: 9027296820
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: 9781423761372
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: 9789027296825
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1588113620
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-174) and index.
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| Contents
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Accessibility and Acceptability in Technical Manuals; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Symbols; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Research disciplines and methods; Chapter 2. Field, Tenor and Mode dimensions; Chapter 3. Register analysis; Chapter 4. Categorizing text through genre analysis; Chapter 5. Research methods and survey; Chapter 6. Information structure; Chapter 7. The technical manual as social semiotic; Chapter 8. Discussion and conclusions; References; Appendix: Survey of writing style in technical manuals; Name index; Subject index.
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| Abstract
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Accessibility and Acceptability in Technical Manuals is written for an audience with a general interest in readability studies, linguistics and technical writing. With the main emphasis on technical manuals the book is primarily targeted at those who have a special interest in the design and use of utility texts and how these texts are received and understood by a multifaceted audience. Accessibility is not a new research area and many explanations have been offered over the past years as to why non-experts often have difficulties in comprehending texts written by technological experts. This b.
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Readability (Literary style)
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Technical manuals.
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Technical writing.
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Readability (Literary style)
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Technical manuals.
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Technical writing.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Technical Writing.
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| Dewey Classification
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808/.0666
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| LC Classification
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T11.L28 2003eb
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