DocumentCode
1274799
Title
When culture and rhetoric contrast: examining English as the international language of technical communication
Author
Amant, Kirk St
Author_Institution
Dept. of Rhetoric, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
Volume
42
Issue
4
fYear
1999
fDate
12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
297
Lastpage
300
Abstract
We often hear the expression that mathematics is the universal language of science and technology. Yet, while mathematics can cut across certain communicative boundaries, it is not the actual language of the sciences, for that role has already been filled by English. The author considers how English is the international language of technical communication
Keywords
professional communication; English; culture; rhetoric; science; technical communication; universal language; Business communication; Cultural differences; Engineering students; Kirk field collapse effect; Mathematics; Natural languages; Professional communication; Psychology; Rhetoric; Spectroscopy;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0361-1434
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/47.807968
Filename
807968
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