ISBN:
0674064488
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9780674064485
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9780674971387
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 220 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
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22 cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Sword, Helen, 1961 - Stylish academic writing
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Stylish academic writing
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Sword, Helen, 1961 - Stylish Academic Writing
DDC:
808/.0420711
Keywords:
Academic writing
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English language Style
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Academic writing
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Englisch
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Textproduktion
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Wissenschaftssprache
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Wissenschaftlicher Text
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Wissenschaftliches Manuskript
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Stilistik
Abstract:
Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make articles and books a pleasure to read – and to write. Dispelling the myth that you cannot get published without writing wordy, impersonal prose, Sword shows how much journal editors and readers welcome work that avoids excessive jargon and abstraction. Sword’s analysis of more than a thousand peer-reviewed articles across a wide range of fields documents a startling gap between how academics typically describe good writing and the turgid prose they regularly produce. This book showcases a range of scholars from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences who write with vividness and panache. Individual chapters take up specific elements of style, such as titles and headings, chapter openings, and structure, and close with examples of transferable techniques that any writer can master.
Description / Table of Contents:
Part I: Style and substance -- 1. Rules of engagement -- 2. On being disciplined -- 3. A guide to the style guides -- Part II: The elements of stylishness -- 4. Voice and ccho -- 5. Smart sentencing -- 6. Tempting titles -- 7. Hooks and sinkers -- 8. The story net -- 9. Show and tell -- 10. Jargonitis -- 11. Structural designs -- 12. Points of reference -- 13. The big picture -- 14. The creative touch -- Afterword: becoming a stylish writer.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 199-211
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