Style A Pragmatic Approach

Name: Style A Pragmatic Approach
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ISBN: 9780205321087

ISBN-10: 0205321089

ISBN-13: 9780205321087

Edition: 2nd 2002 (Revised)

Authors: Peter Richardson

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Style combines a concise and clear guide to stylistic revision and a mini-anthology of professional prose stylists. Its approach is non-technical and commonsensical, grounding stylistic instruction in what students already know: namely, how to conduct a conversation. Instead of a list of rules of style, Style offers three stylistic guidelines - relevance, proportion, and clarity - derived from everyday conversation and based on the fields of pragmatics and speech act theory. Plentiful examples, exercise sets, a glossary of grammatical and linguistic terms, and the mini-anthology support the instruction.

Book details

List price: $80.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.330



Note: Exercises conclude each Chapter


Preface



Writing and Conversation


What Speakers Know About Language


Applying Conversational Guidelines


Preconceptions About Style


Practical Style in the Real and Virtual World



Finding the Action


Choosing a Verb



Focusing the Action


Transitive and Intransitive Verbs


Complements, Modifiers, and Style



Staging the Characters


Recognizing Your Options


Active and Passive Voice


Voice and Revision


Verb Selection Revisited


Choosing Pronouns



Revising for Precision


Identifying Problems


Throat-Clearing


Overstating the Claim


Smothering the Claim



Making Connections


Speaking Versus Writing


The Anti-Paragraph


New and Given Information


Nominalization


Antecedents


Transitions



Mixing It Up


Rhythm, Sound, and Emphasis


Strong Endings



Saying What You Mean


Some Useful Routines


Slowing Down


Developing Your Ideas


Exploring Your Own Metaphors


Readings


Personal Ads


Clear and Simple as the Truth



The Body and Society



The Female Body”



The Intellectuals and the Poor”



Near Misses”



The Boy Scout Handbook”



Men, Women, and Chainsaws



Sample Answers to Selected Exercises


Glossary


Index


Supplements Instructor Supplements


Exam Copy / 0-321-08937-5


Instructor's Manual / 0-321-09288-0


Course Codes