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ERIC Number: EJ546087
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
How Engineers Write: An Empirical Study of Engineering Report Writing.
McKenna, Bernard
Applied Linguistics, v18 n2 p189-211 Jun 1997
Trials an analysis of engineering reports using a modified version of Gosden's (1993) analysis of the science research article. Using Hallidayan sociolinguistic concepts, the analysis demonstrates how engineering writers linguistically convert real-world entities and processes into non-real-world concepts. The article also tracks authorial presence in the article. (18 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discourse Analysis, Engineering, Language Processing, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Domain Specific Thinking
Note: Special issue: The Importance of Theory in Discourse Analysis.