Technical Communication Quarterly Oct 2022

Key-notes: A Content Analysis of ATTW Conferences 1998-2018

Heather Noel Turner Santa Clara University

Abstract

Technical and professional communication (TPC) frequently analyzes its own research. Although conferences like Association of Teachers of Technical Writing (ATTW) are scholarly forums, most work presented is not included in disciplinary analyses or reviews. To articulate a baseline, this article conducts a corpus-based content analysis of the titles and abstracts presented at ATTW or published in Technical Communication Quarterly (TCQ) between 1998 and 2018. The common and key words suggest topic areas and rhetorical features.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2022-10-02
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10.1080/10572252.2022.2034975
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