Modelling Written Communication A New Systems Approach to Modelling in the Social Sciences /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Pratt, Deirdre (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Σειρά: Methodos Series, Methodological Prospects in the Social Sciences ; 8
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Application software.; Literacy.; Social Sciences.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.; Computer Appl. in Arts and Humanities.

This book offers an alternative view to current postmodern approaches to composition. It takes a critical realist stance to arrive at the “essence” of written communication with the aim of informing a practical application: a computerised  writing tutor. Following Robert Franck’s seminal work on mod...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Glossary
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Review of Composition Software
• Chapter 2: Critical Realism
• Chapter 3: The Modelling Process
• Chapter 4: The User's Model of Composing
• Chapter 5: Testing out the User's Model
• Chapter 6: The Theoretical Model of Composing
• Chapter 7: The Explanatory Force of the Models
• Chapter 8: The Writing Tutor Program
• Conclusion
• Index
• Bibiography.