Isbn: 9789400735064 - modelling written communication: a new systems approach to modelling in the social sciences (methodos series, band 8) (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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 modelling, a theoretical model of writing was first formulated, consisting of an architecture of functions which constitute the prerequisites for effective communication. Next, an applied model - a composing algorithm with an input option - was developed, showing composing to be a systemic social process with intra- and extra-systemic variation. The algorithm provided the design template for a writing tutor program which models for the learner both the systemic and the socially situated nature of writing. This book establishes composing as a communicative interaction, and shows the essential dynamism of writing, while offering an exemplar of a systems approach to modelling in the social sciences.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 2011 edition. 250 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.57 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Modelling Written Communication | A New Systems Approach to Modelling in the Social Sciences | Deirdre Pratt | Taschenbuch | Methodos Series | xxvi | Englisch | 2013 | Springer | EAN 9789400735064 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …