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On some persuasive strategies in technical discourse: Cross-cultural analysis of directives in English and Czech technical manuals Cover

On some persuasive strategies in technical discourse: Cross-cultural analysis of directives in English and Czech technical manuals

Topics in Linguistics
Volume 19 (2018): Issue 2 (December 2018)
By: Renata Povolná  
Open Access
|Dec 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2018-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6504
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Language: English
Page range: 72 - 85
Published on: Dec 24, 2018
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
technical discourse (TD),
technical manuals (TMs),
user guides,
persuasion,
persuasive strategies,
directives,
imperatives,
modal verbs,
predicative adjectives
Related subjects:
Linguistics and semiotics,
Theoretical frameworks and disciplines,
Linguistics, other,
Philosophy of language

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