Document Design

Volume 3, Issue 1 (2002)

2002. 103 pp.

Publishing status: Available

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

https://doi.org/10.1075/dd.3.1

Table of Contents

Articles
Structure and topic information in expository text overviews Vincent Dupont and Yves Bestgen	2–12
Problems in the field: Learning from readers Joep Jaspers and Daniël Janssen	13–15
The effect of prenotification techniques on refusal rate in telephone surveys: A real-life study in light of the Compliance and Elaboration Likelihood Theories Marinel Gerritsen and Marie-José Palmen	16–28
Contextual design and social usability Thea M. van der Geest	29–31
Stylistic dilemmas in document design Inger Lassen	32–53
An experimental view of language comprehension: Some implications for document design Rolf A. Zwaan	54–64
Plain English: Wrong solution to an important problem: An interview with Robyn Penman Diane Robertson	65–69
If documents could talk: Contributions of spoken and visual language in electronic documents Patricia Wright	70–79
Review of Nystrand (2001): Special issue of Written Communication Reviewed by Wilbert Spooren	80–94
Book Reviews
Review of Nielsen (1999): Reviewed by Sam Racine	95–97
Review of Vagle & Wikberg (2001): Reviewed by Jan Engberg	97–100