Controlling language in industry : controlled languages for technical documents /: controlled languages for technical documents. (2017)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Controlling language in industry : controlled languages for technical documents /: controlled languages for technical documents. (2017)
- Main Title:
- Controlling language in industry : controlled languages for technical documents
- Further Information:
- Note: Stephen Crabbe.
- Other Names:
- Crabbe, Stephen
- Contents:
- Dedication ; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; 1: Introduction and Historical Development of Technical Documents; Introduction; Historical Development of Technical Documents: An Overview; Pre-industrial Britain; British Industrial Revolution; American Industrial Revolution; German Industrial Revolution; Summary; Bibliography; 2: Existing Controlled Languages for Technical Documents; Introduction; Basic English; Caterpillar Fundamental English; Perkins Approved Clear English; Ericsson English; Nortel Standard English; Bull Controlled English. Benefits and Drawbacks of Controlled Languages Summary; Bibliography; 3: Best-Practice Features of Modern Technical Documents; Introduction; Linguistic Best-Practice Features; Organisational Best-Practice Features; Key Benefits of Developing Understandable Technical Documents; Summary; Bibliography; 4: Analysing Existing Controlled Languages Against the Best-Practice Features; Introduction; Existing Analyses of Controlled Language Rule Sets; New Analysis of Controlled Language Rule Sets; Summary; Bibliography; 5: Developing a New Controlled Language for Technical Documents. Introduction Model for Developing a Controlled Language Rule Set; Model for Developing a Controlled Vocabulary; Summary; Bibliography; 6: Trialling a New Controlled Language for Technical Documents; Introduction; Model for Conducting a Pilot Trial; Final Note; Bibliography; Index.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 808.0666
Technical writing
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric
REFERENCE -- Writing Skills
Technical writing
Linguistics
Discourse Analysis
Lexicology/Vocabulary
Language Change
Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages
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- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319527451
3319527452 - Related ISBNs:
- 3319527444
9783319527444 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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