Writing, Jargon, and Research

Written Communication Jul 1986

DAVID W. GREEN

Abstract

Two hypotheses are outlined about the reasons for obscurity in expository writing. Neither accounts adequately for the general results of an exploratory study of the writing of postgraduates nor for the individual cases I present by way of illustration. A crucial factor, I suggest, is a person's implicit model of expository writing. Many of our subjects assume that the purpose of technical writing is to compress thought. I argue, on the contrary, that clarity is achieved through expansion.

Journal: Written Communication
Published: 1986-07-01
DOI: 10.1177/0741088386003003005
Open Access: Closed
Topics: multimodality technical communication voice and style

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