Handbook of Writing and Text Production (Handbooks of Applied Linguistics [Hal]): 10 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3110220636 ISBN 13: 9783110220636

Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, 2014

Synopsis

Writing matters, and so does research into real-life writing. The shift from an industrial to an information society has increased the importance of writing and text production in education, in everyday life and in more and more professions in the fields of economics and politics, science and technology, culture and media. Through writing, we build up organizations and social networks, develop projects, inform colleagues and customers, and generate the basis for decisions. The quality of writing is decisive for social resonance and professional success. This ubiquitous real-life writing is what the present handbook is about.

The de Gruyter Handbook of Writing and Text Production brings together and systematizes state-of-the-art research. The volume contains five sections, focussing on (I) the theory and methodology of writing and text production research, as well as on problem-oriented and problem-solving approaches related to (II) authors, (III) modes and media, (IV) genres, and (V) domains of writing and text production. Throughout the 21 chapters, exemplary research projects illustrate the theoretical perspectives from globally relevant research spaces and traditions.

Both established and future scholars can benefit from the handbook’s fresh approach to writing in the context of multimodal, multi-semiotic text production.

About this title

About the Author

Eva-Maria Jakobs, RWTH Aachen, Germany; Daniel Perrin, ZHAW, Zurich, Switzerland.

Edition details

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110220636
• ISBN 13: 9783110220636
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 435
• Editor: Jakobs Eva-Maria, Perrin Daniel