Text Editing
A Handbook for Students and Practitioners
Published on 30. October 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
640 pages
978-90-5718-114-6 (ISBN)
Description
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 recognised working model for the analysis of text quality and is an easy teaching tool that provides a comprehensive and multifaceted account of text editing.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Brussels
Belgium
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
1415 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-5718-114-6 (9789057181146)
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Kris Van de Poel is an applied linguist University of Antwerp, Belgium, who has devoted considerable research time to text editing in academic and professional contexts. He is a coauthor of All Write: An Introduction to Writing in an Academic Context and Communication Skills for Foreign and Mobile Medical Professionals.
W. A. M. Carstens is a professor of Afrikaans linguistics and current director of the School of Languages at North-West University-Potchefstroom, South Africa.
John Linnegar is immediate past chairman of the Professional Editors' Group in South Africa and is an associate of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders in the United Kingdom.
W. A. M. Carstens is a professor of Afrikaans linguistics and current director of the School of Languages at North-West University-Potchefstroom, South Africa.
John Linnegar is immediate past chairman of the Professional Editors' Group in South Africa and is an associate of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders in the United Kingdom.