Title :
When culture and rhetoric contrast: examining English as the international language of technical communication
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Rhetoric, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
fDate :
12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
