Expanding the scope of technical communication: Examples from the department of technical communication at the University of Washington

Technical Communication

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 174-191

  Haselkorn, Mark P ^a   Sauer, Geoffrey ^b   Turns, Jennifer ^a   Illman, Deborah L ^b   Tsutsui, Michio ^b   Plumb, Carolyn ^b   Williams, Tom ^b   Kolko, Beth ^b   Spyridakis, Jan ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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