Writing Around the World: A Guide To Writing Across Cultures

Writing Around the World: A Guide To Writing Across Cultures by McCool, Ottmar Liebert

Contin.um | 2009 | ISBN: 0826489826, 082644072X | 160 pages | PDF | 3 MB

Cultures use different writing strategies because they strive for different goals. Some cultures rely on writer responsibility while other cultures rely on reader responsibility. Writer responsibility emphasizes clear and concise prose, actions over subjects, practical implications, and follows a deductive logical structure. Misunderstandings are the writer's responsibility. Reader responsibility emphasizes flowery and ornate prose, subjects instead of actions, theoretical implications, and follows an inductive logical structure. Misunderstandings are the reader's responsibility.