The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide… by Steven Pinker · Audiobook preview

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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Authored by Steven Pinker
Narrated by Arthur Morey

0:00 Intro
0:03 Prologue
10:41 Outro

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

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What is the secret of good prose? Does writing well even matter in an age of instant communication? Should we care? In this funny, thoughtful book about the modern art of writing, Steven Pinker shows us why we all need a sense of style.

More than ever before, the currency of our social and cultural lives is the written word, from Twitter and texting to blogs, e-readers and old-fashioned books. But most style guides fail to prepare people for the challenges of writing in the 21st century, portraying it as a minefield of grievous errors rather than a form of pleasurable mastery. They fail to deal with an inescapable fact about language: it changes over time, adapted by millions of writers and speakers to their needs. Confusing changes in the world with moral decline, every generation believes the kids today are degrading society and taking language with it. A guide for the new millennium, writes Steven Pinker, has to be different.

Drawing on the latest research in linguistics and cognitive science, Steven Pinker replaces the recycled dogma of previous style guides with reason and evidence. This thinking person's guide to good writing shows why style still matters: in communicating effectively, in enhancing the spread of ideas, in earning a reader's trust and, not least, in adding beauty to the world. Eye-opening, mind-expanding and cheerful, The Sense of Style shows that good style is part of what it means to be human.

Winner, Plain English Campaign's International Award 2014: 'a superbly and clearly written celebration of the best, least fuzzy kind of writing.'

©2014 Steven Pinker (P)2019 Penguin Audio

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steven Pinker is one of the world's most influential thinkers and writers on the human condition. His popular and highly praised books include The Better Angels of Our Nature, The Sense of Style, The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate, How the Mind Works, and The Language Instinct. The recipient of several major awards for his teaching, books, and scientific research, Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He also writes frequently for The New York Times, the Guardian and other publications. He has been named Humanist of the Year, Prospect magazine's "The World's Top 100 Public Intellectuals," Foreign Policy's "100 Global Thinkers," and Time magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People in the World Today."

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

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Language: English
Publisher: Penguin
Published on: October 31, 2019
ISBN: 9780141992334
Duration: 12 hr, 27 min
Genres: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics / General, Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Syntax, Language Arts & Disciplines / Style Manuals, Literary Criticism / Reference, Reference / Writing Skills

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