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Text editing : a handbook for students and practitioners / Kris Van de Poel, WAM Carstens, John Linnegar ; cover design, text design and layout, Kerry Abramowitz ; proofreading, Deborah Cooper, Jean Kilroe, Ken McGillivray, Nikki van Rooyen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poel, Kris van de.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Editing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Editing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (640 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Brussels, Belgium : University Press Antwerp, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Because of its unprecedented systematic approach to text editing, Text Editing is suitable for students and young practitioners and systematically guides them through all the aspects of the editor's craft. It introduces the various roles an editor can play in the workplace and takes into account editing for an international English market, including the problems inherent in editing World Englishes. The book is based on an internationally recognized working model for the analysis of text quality and is an easy teaching tool that provides a comprehensive and multifaceted account of text editing.
- Contents:
- ""Front ""; ""Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""1""; ""2""; ""3""; ""4""; ""5""; ""6""; ""7""; ""8""; ""9""; ""10""; ""11""; ""12""; ""Text editing for the multinational client""; ""Aspects of South African English, suggesting the challenges facing text editors""; ""Editing Strine: challenges facing Australian editors""; ""�Southwest-European English� and the challenges facing editors of this �variety�""; ""Aspects of Academic ELF: Most commonly occurring errors in academic writing""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 29, 2013).
- OCLC:
- 922966380
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