What Is Good Writing?

by Geoffrey J. Huck

Though we all think we know what good writing is when we see it, it's difficult to define it precisely; and without a satisfactory definition, it becomes problematical to assess as well as to teach. In What Is Good Writing?, Geoffrey J. Huck advances the contemporary debate on writing achievement by drawing on empirical research in linguistics and the other cognitive sciences that shed light on the development of fluency in language. The utility of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190212950
• ISBN13: 9780190212957
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"