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The Sense of Style 寫作風格的意識

$ 595 元 原價 595
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 we care? In this entertaining and eminently practical book, the cognitive scientist, dictionary consultant, and New York Times–bestselling author Steven Pinker rethinks the usage guide for the twenty-first century. Using examples of great and gruesome modern prose while avoiding the scolding tone and Spartan tastes of the classic manuals, he shows how the art of writing can be a form of pleasurable mastery and a fascinating intellectual topic in its own right. The Sense of Style is for writers of all kinds, and for readers who are interested in letters and literature and are curious about the ways in which the sciences of mind can illuminate how language works at its best. 

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為21世紀知識分子所寫的英語寫作指南!

★紐時暢銷作家、《語言本能》作者
★享譽國際的認知科學 ╳ 心理語言學家


良好的寫作並非本能,對人類來說,這甚至是項艱難的任務;然而,這不代表我們無法透過後天努力掌握這項技藝,更不代表學習過程必然枯燥而充滿教條;事實上,這可以是一場迷人的心智旅程。

本書是為了有英文寫作的需求,並期望提升此項能力的人們而撰。此外,如果對文學有興趣,或希望了解心智科學如何幫助人們理解語言的運作,也能從本書獲得啟發。


搭配豐富的正反實例,作者告訴我們:
@ 透過大量閱讀提升品味和語感
@ 讓讀者與文章主題產生清楚連結
@ 去除專業知識構成的理解障礙
@ 避免不恰當的文章結構誤導讀者
@ 確保文章具一致性與邏輯性
@ 掌握正確語法

掌握以上數點,並經過假以時日的練習,就能寫出論述清晰而又兼具風格的英語好文章。


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