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题名/责任者:

The sense of style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century / Steven Pinker.

出版发行项:

New York : Penguin Books, 2015

ISBN:

0143127799

ISBN:

9780143127796

载体形态项:

viii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

其他版本:

Paperback edition of: Pinker, Steven, 1954- The sense of style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century. New York, New York : Viking, 2014

个人责任者:

Pinker, Steven, 1954- author

论题主题:

Rhetoric.

论题主题:

Literary style.

论题主题:

English language-Style.

论题主题:

English language-Writing.

论题主题:

English language-Grammar.

中图法分类号:

H315

一般附注:

Includes glossary (pages 309-318)

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-338) and index.

内容附注:

Good writing -- A window onto the world -- The curse of knowledge -- The web, the tree, and the string -- Arcs of coherence -- Telling right from wrong.

摘要附注:

"Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Do the kids today even care about good writing--and why should any of us care? In this entertaining and eminently practical book, the bestselling cognitive scientist Steven Pinker rethinks the usage guide for today's writers. Using examples of great and gruesome modern prose while avoiding the scolding tone of the classic manuals, he shows how the art of writing can be a form of pleasurable mastery and intellectually fascinating. The Sense of Style is for writers of all kinds, and for readers who are interested in how the sciences of mind can illuminate how language works at its best"--

原版附注:

First published in hardcover: [New York] : Viking Penguin, 2014.

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