dc.contributor.author | Wimer, Rachel![]() |
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dc.creator | Wimer, Rachel | |
dc.date | 2009-05-15 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-09-16T14:28:08Z | |
dc.date.available | NO_RESTRICTION | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2009-09-16T14:28:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-09-16T14:28:08Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1920/5595 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis provides a rhetorical analysis of technical style guides beginning with the history of technical writing and style guides, the evolution of style guides, and individual case studies, concluding that a style guide must be kept up to date or otherwise be rendered irrelevant. | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | style | en_US |
dc.subject | technical writing | en_US |
dc.subject | Microsoft | en_US |
dc.subject | style guides | en_US |
dc.subject | grammar | en_US |
dc.subject | rhetoric | en_US |
dc.title | Keeping to the Code: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Evolution of Technical Style Guides in the Computer Age | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts in English | en_US |
thesis.degree.level | Master's | en |
thesis.degree.discipline | English | en |
thesis.degree.grantor | George Mason University | en |