Modelling Written Communication - A New Systems Approach to Modelling in the Social Sciences (Paperback, 2011 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Methodos Series, 8
Release date:	February 2013
First published:	2011
Authors:	Deirdre Pratt
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	226
Edition:	2011 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-9400735064
Categories:	Books > Humanities > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Literacy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General Promotions
LSN:	9400735065
Barcode:	9789400735064

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