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Author:

Billig, Michael, author.

Title:

Learn to write badly : how to succeed in the social sciences / Michael Billig, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

viii, 234 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Communication in the social sciences.
Social sciences--Research.
English language--Writing.
Sozialwissenschaften.
Kommunikation.
Communication in the social sciences.
English language--Writing.
Social sciences--Research.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-229) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Mass publication and academic life -- Learning to write badly -- Jargon, nouns and acronyms -- Turning people into things -- How to avoid saying who did it -- Some sociological things: governmentality, cosmopolitanization and conversation analysis -- Experimental social psychology: concealing and exaggerating -- Conclusion and recommendations.

Summary:

Introduction -- Mass publication and academic life -- Learning to write badly -- Jargon, nouns and acronyms -- Turning people into things -- How to avoid saying who did it -- Some sociological things: governmentality, cosmopolitanization and conversation analysis -- Experimental social psychology: concealing and exaggerating -- Conclusion and recommendations.

ISBN:

1107027055
9781107027053
1107676983
9781107676985

OCLC:

(OCoLC)821067784

LCCN:

2012049260

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)