LEADER 04308nam 2200817Ia 450 001 9910971096403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612254505 010 $a9789027296825 010 $a9027296820 010 $a9781282254503 010 $a1282254502 010 $a9781423761372 010 $a1423761375 024 7 $a10.1075/ddcs.4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000000345 035 $a(OCoLC)52938551 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10026199 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000096451 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11999149 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000096451 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10082154 035 $a(PQKB)11183203 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000276616 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12079868 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276616 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10245796 035 $a(PQKB)22555021 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC622195 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL622195 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10026199 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL225450 035 $a(OCoLC)65177647 035 $a(DE-B1597)720098 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789027296825 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000000345 100 $a20030205d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAccessibility and acceptability in technical manuals $ea survey of style and grammatical metaphor /$fInger Lassen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia, PA $cJohn Benjamins Pub.$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 225 1 $aDocument design companion series,$x1568-1963 ;$vv. 4 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9789027232045 311 08$a9027232040 311 08$a9781588113627 311 08$a1588113620 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAccessibility 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. 330 $aAccessibility and Acceptability in Technical Manuals is written for an audience with a general interest in readability studies, linguistics and technical writing. With the main emphasis on technical manuals the book is primarily targeted at those who have a special interest in the design and use of utility texts and how these texts are received and understood by a multifaceted audience. Accessibility is not a new research area and many explanations have been offered over the past years as to why non-experts often have difficulties in comprehending texts written by technological experts. This book offers a new approach to accessibility studies by exploring not only style, but also attitudes to style, by asking text consumers which style they prefer for different parts of the manual. A key role is played by the Systemic Functional Linguistics' notion of grammatical metaphor, a stylistic choice that is commonly used in technical literature. Grammatical metaphor - although apparently obstructing the comprehension process of some readers - is a common element in the preferred style that separates the 'insiders' from the 'outsiders'. An explanation of this rather surprising result is offered by resorting to Critical Discourse Analysis. 410 0$aDocument design companion series ;$vv. 4. 606 $aTechnical writing 606 $aTechnical manuals 606 $aReadability (Literary style) 615 0$aTechnical writing. 615 0$aTechnical manuals. 615 0$aReadability (Literary style) 676 $a808/.0666 700 $aLassen$b Inger$f1951-$01800657 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971096403321 996 $aAccessibility and acceptability in technical manuals$94345566 997 $aUNINA