Text Editing: A Handbook for Students and Practitioners

Text Editing: A Handbook for Students and Practitioners

Kris Van de Poel, W. A. M. Carstens, John Linnegar
$64.95
Publication Date: July 1st, 2013
Publisher:
UPA - University Press Antwerp
ISBN:
9789057181146
Pages:
640

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 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.

About the Author

Kris Van de Poel is an applied linguist University of Antwerp 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. 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.