Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures - most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them - often lead to pretentious prose, academic posturing, and, not infrequently, writer's block. Sociologist Howard S. Becker has written the classic book on how to conquer these pressures and simply write. First published nearly twenty years ago, "Writing for Social Scientists" has become a lifesaver for writers in all fields, from beginning students to published authors. Becker's message is clear: in order to learn how to write, take a deep breath and then begin writing. Revise. Repeat. It is not always an easy process, as Becker wryly relates. Decades of teaching, researching, and writing have given him plenty of material, and Becker neatly exposes the foibles of academia and its "publish or perish" atmosphere. Wordiness, the passive voice, inserting a "the way in which" when a simple "how" will do - all these mechanisms are a part of the social structure of academic writing. By shrugging off such impediments - or at the very least, putting them aside for a few hours - we can reform our work habits and start writing lucidly without worrying about grades, peer approval, or "the literature." In this new edition, Becker takes account of major changes in the computer tools available today and also substantially expands his analysis of how academic institutions create problems for writers. As competition in higher education grows increasingly heated, "Writing for Social Scientists" will provide solace to a new generation of frazzled, would-be writers.
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cclee recommend us to read it. Howard. This is the most important things for you. Wirte . cheer leadors, don't wait to . you are never. you have to get your hands started. jump into the water to learn swim. keep acting, keep writing . the more you write, th...
評分WANG Chengjun Howard S. Becker is a sociologist of America, who writes the book Writing for Social Scientists, and generously shares his experience and insightful understanding of writing. He analyzes the writing issues in the perspective of sociology, whi...
評分不同於其他真的是說寫作技巧的英文寫作書,這本書很大篇幅在寫寫作心理,研究生寫論文的各種心理恐慌和誤區。他提到的有一點很有意思。是關於寫作者的姿態。Becker稱之為personae, 一種角色扮演 (Goffman飄過) 有些社會科學寫作者避免第一人稱,避免個人化的的敘述風格。更...
評分WANG Chengjun Howard S. Becker is a sociologist of America, who writes the book Writing for Social Scientists, and generously shares his experience and insightful understanding of writing. He analyzes the writing issues in the perspective of sociology, whi...
評分不同於其他真的是說寫作技巧的英文寫作書,這本書很大篇幅在寫寫作心理,研究生寫論文的各種心理恐慌和誤區。他提到的有一點很有意思。是關於寫作者的姿態。Becker稱之為personae, 一種角色扮演 (Goffman飄過) 有些社會科學寫作者避免第一人稱,避免個人化的的敘述風格。更...
圖書標籤: 學術寫作 研究方法 論文寫作 writing 英文原版 Writing 英文版 英文
很慶幸自己論文的指導老師站在這本書的延長綫上...比起後來很多的Abbott的Digital Paper那本,這本話裏更騷更直接。放齣很多句子的修改過程讓人覺得ok;第一章真太抓眼球瞭,因為自己就是被吐槽的那類人;然後後麵說瞭大佬的成長之路(其實隻要自己當段時間的編輯就立刻明白瞭其中的奧秘);專業名詞必須有,但句子不能寫抽象。自己作為一個編輯感覺自己的論文能達到這個要求,那麼接下來就繼續祭奠必要的知識吧!
評分1.寫作不是綫性過程2.立刻動手3.明確自己的風格和寫作的目的4. 客觀認識文獻5.不要怕犯錯 (看來是要好好的糾正一下自己的寫作習慣瞭......同時被幾個教授推薦這本書真的是有道理的
評分I love this book, because it ends with "good luck".
評分這本書在社會學裏的地位應該是無可爭議的吧
評分可以寫纍瞭當雞湯讀,對於寫作並沒啥卵用
Writing for Social Scientists 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載