The Resource The sense of style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century, Steven Pinker, (sound recording)
The sense of style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century, Steven Pinker, (sound recording)
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- Summary
- Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Rethinking the usage guide for the 21st century, Pinker applies insights to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose. He tells how writing depends on imagination, empathy, coherence, grammatical knowhow, and an ability to savor and reverse engineer the good prose of others. He shares how the art of writing can be a form of pleasurable mastery and a fascinating intellectual topic in its own right
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 10 sound discs (12 hr., 26 min.)
- Note
-
- Title from web page
- Compact discs
- Duration: 12:26:00
- Isbn
- 9780553545821
- Label
- The sense of style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century
- Title
- The sense of style
- Title remainder
- the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven Pinker
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Is the English language being corrupted by texting and social media? Rethinking the usage guide for the 21st century, Pinker applies insights to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose. He tells how writing depends on imagination, empathy, coherence, grammatical knowhow, and an ability to savor and reverse engineer the good prose of others. He shares how the art of writing can be a form of pleasurable mastery and a fascinating intellectual topic in its own right
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Pinker, Steven
- Dewey number
- 808/.042
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- PE1421
- LC item number
- .P56 2014ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
- other
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Arthur Morey
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Morey, Arthur
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- English language
- English language
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The sense of style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century, Steven Pinker, (sound recording)
- Note
-
- Title from web page
- Compact discs
- Duration: 12:26:00
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Control code
- ocn876001755
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 10 sound discs (12 hr., 26 min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780553545821
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
- RHA4757
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- The sense of style : the thinking person's guide to writing in the 21st century, Steven Pinker, (sound recording)
- Note
-
- Title from web page
- Compact discs
- Duration: 12:26:00
- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Control code
- ocn876001755
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 10 sound discs (12 hr., 26 min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780553545821
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
- RHA4757
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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