TheSenseofStyle_TheThinkingPerson’sGuide.epub

Contents Prologue Chapter 1: GOOD WRITING Chapter 2: A WINDOW ONTO THE WORLD Chapter 3: THE CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE Chapter 4: THE WEB, THE TREE, AND THE STRING Chapter 5: ARCS OF COHERENCE Chapter 6: TELLING RIGHT FROM WRONG Notes Glossary References Acknowledgments Follow Penguin BY THE SAME AUTHOR Language Learnability and Language Development Learnability and Cognition The Language Instinct How the Mind Works Words and Rules The Blank Slate The Stuff of Thought The Better Angels of Our Nature Language, Cognition, and Human Nature: Selected Articles EDITED BY STEVEN PINKER Visual Cognition Connections and Symbols (with Jacques Mehler) Lexical and Conceptual Semantics (with Beth Levin) The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2004 To Susan Pinker and Robert Pinker who have a way with words Prologue I love style manuals. Ever since I was assigned Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style in an introductory psychology course, the writing guide has been among my favorite literary genres. It’s not just that I welcome advice on the lifelong challenge of perfecting the craft of writing. It’s also that credible ......