John Kirkman

Good Style

Writing for Science and Technology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explains the tactics that should be used to write technical material - ranging from reports to manuals - in a coherent, readable style. It discusses in detail choice of vocabulary, phrasing and sentence structure; each piece of advice is supported

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 New edition
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780415345019
• ISBN-10: 0415345014
• Artikelnr.: 20992906

Autorenporträt

John Kirkman now works as a consultant specialising in research and training in scientific and technical communication. Previously he was Director of the Communication Studies Unit at the University of Wales, Cardiff.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Style as choice 2. Sentence length and complexity 3. Weight and
familiarity of vocabulary 4. Specialist vocabulary: jargon 5. 'Fashionable'
words 6. 'Roundabout' and unusual phrasing 7. Excessive pre-modifiers 8.
Use of nouns as pre-modifiers 9. Abstraction 10. Excessive 'nominalization'
11. Verbs: tense and voice 12. Verbs: impersonal vs first-person
constructions 13. Verbs: impersonal vs second-person constructions 14.
Punctuation 15. Tone: in hard copy and in on-screen text 16. Avoiding
'distorted' English in computer-related texts 17. Style for instructions
18. Style for descriptive and explanatory writing 19. Specifications 20.
Style for correspondence 21. Writing for international audiences: general
policy 22. Writing for international audiences: writing for 'expert'
readers 23. Writing for international audiences: writing for students 24.
Writing for readers who do not understand English 25. On avoiding ambiguity