Open AccessClassification in scientific and technical writing
Author(s) -
Jelisaveta Šafranj,
Marina Katić,
Jelena Zivlak
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.24867/grid-2020-p52
Subject(s) - class (philosophy) , term (time) , basis (linear algebra) , computer science , rhetorical question , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , information retrieval , technical writing , linguistics , mathematics , higher education , philosophy , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , political science , law
Classification is the rhetorical device closely related to formal definition. The first step in definition is to classify the term being defined. The term is placed in a group whose members have at least one outstanding characteristic in common. This member is differentiated from all other members of the class. In classification, however, the groups rather than individual members are differentiated. The reader is given the important information about the name of the class, the members of the class important for the discussion and basis for classification, often called criterion of difference. The basis of classification always reflects the particular purpose of the writer making the classification, and the basis relevant to one person may well be irrelevant to another.