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Pinker, Steven, 1954-
Subjects
English language -- Style.
English language -- Rhetoric.
English language -- Grammar.
English language -- Terms and phrases.
English language -- Sentences.
Style, Literary.
Authorship -- Style manuals.
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Pinker, Steven, 1954-
English language -- Style.
English language -- Rhetoric.
English language -- Grammar.
English language -- Terms and phrases.
English language -- Sentences.
Style, Literary.
Authorship -- Style manuals.
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The
sense
of
style
: the
thinking
person
's
guide
to
writing
in the
21st
century
/ Steven Pinker.
by
Pinker, Steven, 1954-
Viking, 2014.
Call #:
808.042 P655s
Subjects
English language --
Style
.
English language -- Rhetoric.
English language -- Grammar.
English language -- Terms and phrases.
English language -- Sentences.
Style
, Literary.
Authorship --
Style
manuals.
ISBN:
9780670025855 (hc.)
0670025852 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Style
: the
thinking
person
's
guide
to
writing
in the
21st
century
Writing
in the
21st
century
Description:
viii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-338) and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"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
? Why should any of us care? Linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker rethinks the usage
guide
for the
21st
century
, applying insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose. In this short, cheerful, and practical book, Pinker shows how
writing
depends on imagination, empathy, coherence, grammatical knowhow,and an ability to savor and reverse-engineer the good prose of others. He replaces dogma about usage with reason and evidence, allowing writers and editors to apply the guidelines judiciously, rather than robotically, being mindful of what they are designed to accomplish. Filled with examples of great and gruesome prose, Pinker shows us how the art of
writing
can be a form of pleasurable mastery and a fascinating intellectual topic in its own right"--Provided by publisher.
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