DocumentCode
1986428
Title
Editors, "Good English," and international readers
Author
Bernick, P.
fYear
1993
fDate
5-8 Oct 1993
Firstpage
38
Lastpage
43
Abstract
The author question whether native English-speaking editors, faced with a letter in English that uses a clearly non-English structure, would change that structure in the process of turning the letter into "good English," or whether nonnative readers prefer that a letter in English be structured to reflect their own cultural expectations. Some of their findings seem to contradict recent research about sensitivity to cultural contexts
Keywords
technical presentation; text editing; cultural contexts; cultural expectations; good English; international readers; native English-speaking editors; nonnative readers; Cultural differences; Defense industry; Explosives; Industrial accidents; Modems; Natural languages; Professional communication; Professional societies; Propellants; Turning;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Professional Communication Conference, 1993. IPCC 93 Proceedings. 'The New Face of Technical Communication: People, Processes, Products'
Conference_Location
Philadelphia, PA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCC.1993.593758
Filename
593758
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