Typography and language in everyday life: prescriptions and practicesTypography Language in Everyday Life book provides a detailed, illustrated look at graphic as well as linguistic aspects of language and suggests there is much to be gained from collaboration between typographers and applied linguists. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Describing typographic articulation | 17 |
Prescription authority formality and status | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Typography and Language in Everyday Life: Prescriptions and Practices Sue Walker No preview available - 2001 |
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References to this book
New Directions in the Analysis of Multimodal Discourse Terry D. Royce,Wendy L. Bowcher No preview available - 2007 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Typography and language in everyday life: prescriptions and practices Language in social life series |
| Author | Sue Walker |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Longman, 2001 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Dec 2007 |
| ISBN | 058235756X, 9780582357563 |
| Length | 206 pages |
| Subjects | › › Art / Typography Design / Graphic Arts / Typography Graphic design (Typography) Graphic design (Typography) - Social aspects Graphic design (Typography)/ Social aspects Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics Layout (Printing) Layout (Printing) - Social aspects Layout (Printing)/ Social aspects Printing Printing - Social aspects Printing/ Social aspects Sociolinguistics |
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