Writing Across Languages and Cultures : Issues in Contrastive Rhetoric

'Contrastive rhetoric' is the term used to describe the observable differences in the linguistic and structural aspects of writing from culturally different settings. Writing Across Languages and Cultures - the second volume in the Written Communication Annual series - presents contrastive, cross-cultural studies in the rhetoric of writing. The contributors introduce theoretical and methodological approaches to issues in contrastive rhetoric and its relationship to teaching and curricula. They consider national differences in writing styles, how these cultural patterns are transferred to second language writing and the criteria applied to the writing of non-native speakers.Purves, Alan C. is the author of 'Writing Across Languages and Cultures : Issues in Contrastive Rhetoric' with ISBN 9780783767208 and ISBN 078376720X.