Table of Contents

Introduction Paul V. Anderson, R. John Brockmann, and Carolyn R. Miller

PART I: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
Studying Writing in Non-Academic Settings Lee Odell, Dixie Goswami, Anne Herrington, and Doris Quick Revising Functional Documents: The Scenario Principle Linda Flower, John R. Hayes, and Heidi Swarts

Topical Focus in Technical Writing Lester Faigley and Stephen P. Witte

PART II: REASSESSING READABILITY
What Constitutes a "Readable" Technical Style? Jack Selzer A Cognitive Approach to Readability Thomas N. Huckin

PART III: APPROACHES FROM RHETORIC, DISCOURSE THEORY, AND SOCIOLOGY
The Role of Models in Technical and Scientific Writing Victoria M. Winkler A Rhetoric for Research in Sciences and Technologies James P. Zappen

A Theoretical Perspective on "How To" Discourse Elizabeth Harris

Scientific Writing as a Social Act: A Review of the Literature of the Sociology of Science Charles Bazerman

PART IV: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
Style as Therapy in Renaissance Science James Stephens Bacon, Linnaeus, and Lavoisier: Early Language Reform in the Sciences James Paradis

PART V: REDEFINITION What's Technical about Technical Writing? David N. Dobrin

Contributors