Evolving dialogical norm-systems for scientific writing in distributed virtual environments

Patrick John Coppock
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology
College of Arts and Science
Department of Applied Linguistics
N-7055 Dragvoll
Norway
e-mail:

patcop@alfa.avh.unit.no
patcop@bo.nettuno.it

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• Introduction
• Opening for dialogue
• Delineating a context
• 1. Changing norm systems
• 2. Distributed virtual environments
• 3. The notion of writing in distributed environments
• 4. The notion of virtuality
• "Virtual reality" and the natural and social order
• Distributed virtual environments as dynamic open systems
• Some reflections
• References

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