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| Despite its ostensibly aseptic nature, technical writing is closely related to a multifaceted net of institutional, social and pragmatic functions. In particular, in the writing of patents, a very delicate balance has to be found between the need to convey neutrality and objectivity and the constant perpetration of a multi-layered rhetorical exercise. Drawing on the Cooperative Patent Classification scheme, a corpus of patents related to environmental issues has been compiled. This objective is to investigate the main keywords related to environmental issues and analyse their semantic context in this specific type of patent. More specifically, the analysis will focus on their semantic preference and their semantic prosody (following Sinclair's corpus methodology) in order to pinpoint and examine the semantic complexities emerging in this genre. Patents represent a complex, hybrid and cross-disciplinary genre and a finer understanding of its discursive features may contribute to spreading awareness of the importance that semantics may play within the rhetorical pattern of the text. The considerations offered may also be taken into account by professionals teaching technical writing and focusing on the specific skills needed by patentees in terms of linguistic and discursive awareness. | |
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Presentación en la 1st International Conference of the Slovene Association of LSP Teachers para mostrar potencial de uso de las patentes de los EE.UU. como material de comprensión lectora tanto para estudiantes de ingenierías como para estudiantes de derecho El propósito es utilizar las patentes para introducir al alumnado a las convenciones de comunicación de la ciencia y el derecho en géneros especializados. |