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Author Strongman, Luke

Title Academic writing / by Luke Strongman
Published Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 132 pages)
Contents Ch. One Essay-Writing Skills -- ch. Two Oratory: The Power of Speech -- ch. Three Writing For The Web -- ch. Four A Critique of the Digital Humanities -- ch. Five The Rhetoric of Legal Reasoning -- ch. Six Reasoning Errors in Prose Writing -- ch. Seven Persuasive Rhetoric in Language Use -- ch. Eight The "Straightforward" Prose Style -- ch. Nine Philosophy of Language -- ch. Ten Language Evolution -- ch. Eleven Psycholinguistics -- ch. Twelve Language Diversity -- ch. Thirteen Genre Theory -- ch. Fourteen Creativity
Summary How do I improve my essay writing skills? Where can I learn quickly how to improve my speech writing? How does writing for the web differ from conventional writing? Are there some categories of mistakes that people commonly make in attempting to write good prose? How can I be persuasive in my writing style? How did language evolve? What is 'genre theory'? How do I become creative in my prose writing? These and other curious and relevant questions are answered in Academic Writing. Writing is a ..
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Academic writing.
Language: reference & general.
Philosophy of language.
Semantics, discourse analysis, etc.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Rhetoric.
REFERENCE -- Writing Skills.
Academic writing
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781443864329
1443864323
1306992370
9781306992374