IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Mar 1988

Errors, editors, and English teachers

J. Feyerherm University of New Mexico

Abstract

Correction of errors is a major part of the editor's task. However, the definition of what is an error, and what is correct, is not clearcut; rule transformations and reader context can affect the dividing line between the two. The author examines the concept of error from phenomenological and rhetorical perspectives, and suggests a model based on communication economics.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>

Journal
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Published
1988-03-01
DOI
10.1109/47.6914
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Open Access
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Topics
rhetorical criticism affect and writing
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