Written documents in the workplace /
Written documents in the workplace /
edited by D. Alamargot, P. Terrier, J.-M. Cellier.
- 1 online resource (xx, 315 pages)
- Studies in writing .
- Studies in Writing 21. Language and Linguistics Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2012, ISBN: 9789004248694. .
Title from PDF title page (viewed Nov. 30, 2007).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Chapter 1: Linguistic Markers of Lexical and Textual Relations in Technical Documents / Chapter 2: The Design, Understanding and Usage of Pictograms / Chapter 3: Readability and Intelligibility of Procedural Texts: The Case of Enumeration in Legal Texts / Chapter 4: Considering Users and the Way They Use Procedural Texts: Some Prerequisites for the Design of Appropriate Documents / Chapter 5: Highly Effective Writers and the Role of Reading: A Cognitive Approach to Composing in Professional Contexts / Chapter 6: Professional Editing: Emphasis on the Quality of a Text and its Communicative Effectiveness / Chapter 7: Procedural Texts Written by Children / Chapter 8 : Developing an Online Writing Tutor to Improve Technical-Writing Skills in Engineering and Science Students / Chapter 9: The Implications of Blogs for Professional Writing: Speed, Reach, Engagement, and the Art of the Self in the Participatory Web / Chapter 10: The Production of Work Instructions in an Industrial Workplace: The Impact of a Functional Writer’s Work Context on the Outcome of His Activity / Chapter 11: Situation Models and Their Role in Comprehension: The Need to Study Their Internal Structure / Chapter 12: The Effects of Interaction with the Device and Text Structure on the Mental Representations Derived from the Procedure / Chapter 13: Comprehension Processes in Translation / Chapter 14: How Reading Strategies Affect the Comprehension of Texts in Hypertext Systems / Chapter 15: Task-Guidance Systems and Procedure Context: Enabling Procedures to Enhance Worker Performance / Chapter 16: Animated Documentation: A Way of Comprehending Complex Procedural Tasks? / Chapter 17: The Impact of Cognitively Based Design of Expository Multimedia / References / Author Index / Subject Index / Denis Alamargot , Patrice Terrier and Jean-Marie Cellier -- Anne Condamines and Marie-Paule Péry-Woodley -- Charles Tijus , Javier Barcenilla , Brigitte Cambon de Lavalette and Jean-Guy Meunier -- Céline Beaudet and Pamela Grant -- Franck Ganier and Javier Barcenilla -- Thomas Quinlan and Denis Alamargot -- Jocelyne Bisaillon -- Eduardo Martí and Merce Garcia-Mila -- John R. Hayes , Diana M. Bajzek , Judy Brooks , Brenda Reyes , Nicole Hallinen and Erwin R. Steinberg -- Doreen Starke-Meyerring -- Véronique Barret , Isabelle Clerc and Sylvie Montreuil -- Isabelle Tapiero and José Otero -- Patrice Terrier , Virginia Diehl and Julie Lemarié -- Pedro Macizo and Maria Teresa Bajo -- R. Ignacio Madrid and José Cañas -- Jennifer Ockerman -- Richard K. Lowe -- N. Hari Narayanan -- Denis Alamargot , Patrice Terrier and Jean-Marie Cellier -- Denis Alamargot , Patrice Terrier and Jean-Marie Cellier -- Denis Alamargot , Patrice Terrier and Jean-Marie Cellier.
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Written Documents in the Workplace is divided into three parts, the first of which provides a linguistic definition of professional documents, describing their different types and genres. This definition necessarily takes into account both the formal characteristics of these types of document (e.g. nature of linguistic units involved) and their functional goals (the way these linguistic units are used to fulfill the text's communicative aim). The second part focuses on the mental mechanisms involved in written production in the workplace. One of the aims of a professional writer is to compose a text which can be understood. Text composition involves specific processes and strategies that can be enhanced. This last aspect leads us to devote the third and final section to the comprehension of written documents in the workplace. Awareness of the strategies implemented by different readers (with more or less domain expertise) in order to understand technical and professional documents can enhance the latter's readability.
9789004253254
10.1163/9789004253254 DOI
Business writing.
Written communication.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Business Writing.
HF5718.3 / .W75 2007eb
808/.06665
Title from PDF title page (viewed Nov. 30, 2007).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Chapter 1: Linguistic Markers of Lexical and Textual Relations in Technical Documents / Chapter 2: The Design, Understanding and Usage of Pictograms / Chapter 3: Readability and Intelligibility of Procedural Texts: The Case of Enumeration in Legal Texts / Chapter 4: Considering Users and the Way They Use Procedural Texts: Some Prerequisites for the Design of Appropriate Documents / Chapter 5: Highly Effective Writers and the Role of Reading: A Cognitive Approach to Composing in Professional Contexts / Chapter 6: Professional Editing: Emphasis on the Quality of a Text and its Communicative Effectiveness / Chapter 7: Procedural Texts Written by Children / Chapter 8 : Developing an Online Writing Tutor to Improve Technical-Writing Skills in Engineering and Science Students / Chapter 9: The Implications of Blogs for Professional Writing: Speed, Reach, Engagement, and the Art of the Self in the Participatory Web / Chapter 10: The Production of Work Instructions in an Industrial Workplace: The Impact of a Functional Writer’s Work Context on the Outcome of His Activity / Chapter 11: Situation Models and Their Role in Comprehension: The Need to Study Their Internal Structure / Chapter 12: The Effects of Interaction with the Device and Text Structure on the Mental Representations Derived from the Procedure / Chapter 13: Comprehension Processes in Translation / Chapter 14: How Reading Strategies Affect the Comprehension of Texts in Hypertext Systems / Chapter 15: Task-Guidance Systems and Procedure Context: Enabling Procedures to Enhance Worker Performance / Chapter 16: Animated Documentation: A Way of Comprehending Complex Procedural Tasks? / Chapter 17: The Impact of Cognitively Based Design of Expository Multimedia / References / Author Index / Subject Index / Denis Alamargot , Patrice Terrier and Jean-Marie Cellier -- Anne Condamines and Marie-Paule Péry-Woodley -- Charles Tijus , Javier Barcenilla , Brigitte Cambon de Lavalette and Jean-Guy Meunier -- Céline Beaudet and Pamela Grant -- Franck Ganier and Javier Barcenilla -- Thomas Quinlan and Denis Alamargot -- Jocelyne Bisaillon -- Eduardo Martí and Merce Garcia-Mila -- John R. Hayes , Diana M. Bajzek , Judy Brooks , Brenda Reyes , Nicole Hallinen and Erwin R. Steinberg -- Doreen Starke-Meyerring -- Véronique Barret , Isabelle Clerc and Sylvie Montreuil -- Isabelle Tapiero and José Otero -- Patrice Terrier , Virginia Diehl and Julie Lemarié -- Pedro Macizo and Maria Teresa Bajo -- R. Ignacio Madrid and José Cañas -- Jennifer Ockerman -- Richard K. Lowe -- N. Hari Narayanan -- Denis Alamargot , Patrice Terrier and Jean-Marie Cellier -- Denis Alamargot , Patrice Terrier and Jean-Marie Cellier -- Denis Alamargot , Patrice Terrier and Jean-Marie Cellier.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Written Documents in the Workplace is divided into three parts, the first of which provides a linguistic definition of professional documents, describing their different types and genres. This definition necessarily takes into account both the formal characteristics of these types of document (e.g. nature of linguistic units involved) and their functional goals (the way these linguistic units are used to fulfill the text's communicative aim). The second part focuses on the mental mechanisms involved in written production in the workplace. One of the aims of a professional writer is to compose a text which can be understood. Text composition involves specific processes and strategies that can be enhanced. This last aspect leads us to devote the third and final section to the comprehension of written documents in the workplace. Awareness of the strategies implemented by different readers (with more or less domain expertise) in order to understand technical and professional documents can enhance the latter's readability.
9789004253254
10.1163/9789004253254 DOI
Business writing.
Written communication.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Business Writing.
HF5718.3 / .W75 2007eb
808/.06665