Journal of Technical Writing and Communication Jan 1989

The Discourse Community in Scientific and Technical Communication: Institutional and Social Views

James P. Zappen Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Abstract

Theoretical studies in scientific and technical communication have begun to explore what they call discourse communities in the sciences and engineering on grounds that these communities provide the norms and practices for communication in these fields. The theoretical literature on which these studies are based develops two views of what a discourse community might be, an institutional and a social view. The first of these views has been the more influential, but both views may and should be brought to the study and the pedagogy of scientific and technical communication.

Journal
Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Published
1989-01-01
DOI
10.2190/h6fn-3mkt-qab2-tan6
Open Access
Closed
Topics
discourse analysis technical communication

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