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Publication details [#24777]

Bazerman, Charles and James Paradis, eds. 1991. Textual dynamics of the professions: Historical and contemporary studies of writing in professional communities. University of Wisconsin Press. xii + 390 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

profession | professional language | text

Annotation

The articles in this volume are organized into three sections, dealing respectively with the role of texts and textual practices in the consolidation of professions; the perpetuation of professional practices; and the implications and unintended effects of these professional textual practices.

Reviewed by

Yearley, Steven. 1992. Review of C.Bazerman, J.Paradis (eds) (1991: `Textual dynamics of the professions: Historical and contemporary studies of writing in professional communities').