Controlling language in industry : controlled languages for technical documents /: controlled languages for technical documents. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• 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; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: 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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