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1、ContentsPrologueChapter1:GOODWRITINGChapter2:AWINDOWONTOTHEWORLDChapter3:THECURSEOFKNOWLEDGEChapter4:THEWEB,THETREE,ANDTHESTRINGChapter5:ARCSOFCOHERENCEChapter6:TELLINGRIGHTFROMWRONGNotesGlossaryReferencesAcknowledgmentsFollowPenguinBYTHESAMEAUTHORLanguageLearnabilityan
2、dLanguageDevelopmentLearnabilityandCognitionTheLanguageInstinctHowtheMindWorksWordsandRulesTheBlankSlateTheStuffofThoughtTheBetterAngelsofOurNatureLanguage,Cognition,andHumanNature:SelectedArticlesEDITEDBYSTEVENPINKERVisualCognitionConnectionsandSymbols(withJacquesMehle
3、r)LexicalandConceptualSemantics(withBethLevin)TheBestAmericanScienceandNatureWriting2004ToSusanPinkerandRobertPinkerwhohaveawaywithwordsPrologueIlovestylemanuals.EversinceIwasassignedStrunkandWhite’sTheElementsofStyleinanintroductorypsychologycourse,thewritingguidehasbe
4、enamongmyfavoriteliterarygenres.It’snotjustthatIwelcomeadviceonthelifelongchallengeofperfectingthecraftofwriting.It’salsothatcredibleguidanceonwritingmustitselfbewellwritten,andthebestofthemanualsareparagonsoftheirownadvice.WilliamStrunk’scoursenotesonwriting,whichhisst
5、udentE.B.Whiteturnedintotheirfamouslittlebook,wasstuddedwithgemsofself-exemplificationsuchas“Writewithnounsandverbs,”“Puttheemphaticwordsofasentenceattheend,”andbestofall,hisprimedirective,“Omitneedlesswords.”Manyeminentstylistshaveappliedtheirgiftstoexplainingtheart,in
6、cludingKingsleyAmis,JacquesBarzun,AmbroseBierce,BillBryson,RobertGraves,TracyKidder,StephenKing,ElmoreLeonard,F.L.Lucas,GeorgeOrwell,WilliamSafire,andofcourseWhitehimself,thebelovedauthorofCharlotte’sWebandStuartLittle.Hereisthegreatessayistreminiscingabouthisteacher:In
7、thedayswhenIwassittinginhisclass,heomittedsomanyneedlesswords,andomittedthemsoforciblyandwithsucheagernessandobviousrelish,thatheoftenseemedinthepositionofhavingshortchangedhimself—amanleftwithnothingmoretosayyetwithtimetofill,aradioprophetwhohadoutdistancedtheclock.Wil
8、lStrunkgotoutofthispredicamentbyasimpletrick:heutteredeverysentencethreetimes.Whenhedeliveredhisorationonbrevi
