Teaching language awareness in rhetorical choice: Using IText and visualization in classroom genre assignments

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 361-402

  Kaufer, David ^a   Ishizaki, Suguru ^a   Collins, Jeff ^b,c   Vlachos, Pantelis ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of the Air Force ^*

^c USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Language awareness; Statistical analysis of texts; Technology and writing; Text visualization; Written genres

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042647158     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651904263980     Document Type: Review

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