Isbn: 9788183772747 - handbook of writing, reporting, sorting and editing,year 2003 (4 risultati)

Condizione: New. pp. vi + 272 Illus.

Condizione: New. pp. vi + 272 Index.

Condizione: New. pp. vi + 272.

Contents Preface 1 History of writing 2 Fundamentals of writing 3 Adding emphasis in writing 4 Writing transitions 5 Writing with computers 6 Different types of writing 7 Constructing the argumentative writing 8 Editing 9 Sorting and reporting Bibliography Index Writing is the visible recording of language peculiar to the human species which enables the transmission of ideas over vast distances of time and space and is a prerequisite of complex civilization where and by whom writing was first developed remains unknown but scholars place the beginning of writing at 6000 BC The norm of writing is phonemic ie it attempts to symbolized all significant sounds of the language and no others When the goal is established as one letter for one phoneme and vice versa the result is a complete alphabet Few alphabets attain this phonemic ideal but some ancient ones eg Sanskrit and some modern new ones eg Finnish have been very successful jacket 272 pp.…