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发表于2025-01-22
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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? Why should any of us care?
In The Sense of Style, the bestselling linguist and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker answers these questions and more. Rethinking the usage guide for the twenty-first century, Pinker doesn’t carp about the decline of language or recycle pet peeves from the rulebooks of a century ago. Instead, he applies insights from the sciences of language and mind to the challenge of crafting clear, coherent, and stylish prose.
In this short, cheerful, and eminently practical book, Pinker shows how writing depends on imagination, empathy, coherence, grammatical knowhow, and an ability to savor and reverse engineer the good prose of others. He replaces dogma about usage with reason and evidence, allowing writers and editors to apply the guidelines judiciously, rather than robotically, being mindful of what they are designed to accomplish.
Filled with examples of great and gruesome prose, Pinker shows us how the art of writing can be a form of pleasurable mastery and a fascinating intellectual topic in its own right.
Steven Pinker is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and the winner of many awards for his research, teaching, and books, he has been named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Today and Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers.
想必讀此書的人都多少知道作者作為語言學傢的大名,於是或許以為這書與過去的那些寫作指南一樣充斥著學究氣息,作者的工作就是把學究氣規規矩矩塞入固定的模式框架中:某某某得這樣用,不能那樣用……的確,例如我之前讀過的《Grammatically Correct》便是這樣的風格,想來大部分寫作指導書亦應如此。然而,這本書好就好在跳脫瞭同類型書籍的死闆,在一開始就指齣過去那些寫作書,包括是被大傢公認為神書的《The Elements of Style》,都有很大的局限性,好比對語言的發展本質欠缺考慮,又好比立下一大批規則,使得人們在寫作實踐中隻知道無腦遵循,毫無靈活性可言,實際上規則完全可以打破,隻是需要足夠的理由和強大的獨立思考能力。作者正是要告訴我們,比任何寫作指南都更為重要的是自主深入的思考過程。
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評分The first three chapters are just extraordinarily well written.
評分「獨孤九劍的要旨在於一個「悟」字,當通曉劍意後,則無所施而不可。便是全部變化盡數忘記,也不相乾。忘記得越乾淨徹底,越不受原來劍法的拘束。而九劍各式乃以此令使劍者領悟劍意,練到一定程度就是真正的無招,達到劍術最高的境界瞭!」
評分The first three chapters are just extraordinarily well written.
草草读一遍,做些笔记,有时间还要重读。 Chapter 2 A Window onto the World The key to good style, far more than obeying any list of commandments, is to have a clear conception of the make-believe world in which you’re pretending to communication. ...
評分一直想读这本比较新的写作指导,但一直没找到中文版,今年(2016.3.8)出了一本繁体中文版《寫作風格的意識》,也很难买到。所以十一放假期间就索性读了英文原版,发现了很多读原版书的乐趣。 这虽然是一本指导写作的书,但讲了很多写作技巧背后的认知原理,这些原理不仅可以用...
評分 評分专家都不会说人话。 这是大部分人的印象。 专家们的发言和文章,有太多拗口的术语、奇怪的概念,把我们绕得晕头转向。 甚至有人说他们就是故意的。如果让大家都听明白他们说的是什么,那他们就失掉专家的权威了。 其实,大部分专家并不是有意的。他们只是不知道,自己说的不是...
評分专家都不会说人话。 这是大部分人的印象。 专家们的发言和文章,有太多拗口的术语、奇怪的概念,把我们绕得晕头转向。 甚至有人说他们就是故意的。如果让大家都听明白他们说的是什么,那他们就失掉专家的权威了。 其实,大部分专家并不是有意的。他们只是不知道,自己说的不是...
The Sense of Style pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025