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Psychology of the Scientist: LXXIV. Miscommunication in Technical Writing-Acronyms

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First published online April, 1998

Psychology of the Scientist: LXXIV. Miscommunication in Technical Writing-Acronyms

Volume 82, Issue 2

https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1998.82.2.526

Abstract

Technical writing often uses jargon that can obfuscate meaning. A common form is the acronym, which replaces descriptive words with alphanumeric slang and creates highly similar terms with different meanings.

References

Ebbinghaus

(1885) Über das Gedächtnis. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. [English translation (1964), Dover]

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