Who is talking to whom? Linguistic cues for engaging with the audience
In this paper we explore the options writers can use for establishing and maintaining the relationship with their audience, including the options concerning the choice of terminology, appraisal, subjectivity, rhetorical moves. We illustrate the study with examples used in several domains and designe...
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| Published in: | CoDesign Vol. 3; pp. 175 - 182 |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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01-01-2007
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| Online Access: | Get full text |
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| Summary: | In this paper we explore the options writers can use for establishing and maintaining the relationship with their audience, including the options concerning the choice of terminology, appraisal, subjectivity, rhetorical moves. We illustrate the study with examples used in several domains and designed for different audiences, such as general-purpose and specialized automotive articles, software documentation and labels for museum artefacts in several styles. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-2 ObjectType-Feature-2 ObjectType-Conference Paper-1 SourceType-Conference Papers & Proceedings-1 ObjectType-Article-3 |
| ISSN: | 1571-0882 1745-3755 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15710880161336590 |