TY - BOOK ID - 80731386 TI - Handbook of writing and text production AU - Jakobs, Eva-Maria AU - Perrin, Daniel PY - 2014 SN - 311037238X 9783110372380 9783111735740 3111735745 9783110220674 3110220679 3110220636 PB - Berlin De Gruyter/Mouton DB - UniCat KW - Written communication KW - Communication and technology KW - Technology and communication KW - Technology KW - Written discourse KW - Written language KW - Communication KW - Discourse analysis KW - Language and languages KW - Visual communication KW - Study and teaching KW - Linguistics KW - Applied Linguistics, Textproduction, Communication, Writing. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80731386 AB - Writing matters, and so does research into real-life writing. The shift from an industrial to an information society has increased the importance of writing and text production in education, in everyday life and in more and more professions in the fields of economics and politics, science and technology, culture and media. Through writing, we build up organizations and social networks, develop projects, inform colleagues and customers, and generate the basis for decisions. The quality of writing is decisive for social resonance and professional success. This ubiquitous real-life writing is what the present handbook is about. The de Gruyter Handbook of Writing and Text Production brings together and systematizes state-of-the-art research. The volume contains five sections, focusing on (I) the theory and methodology of writing and text production research, as well as on problem-oriented and problem-solving approaches related to (II) authors, (III) modes and media, (IV) genres, and (V) domains of writing and text production. Throughout the 21 chapters, exemplary research projects illustrate the theoretical perspectives from globally relevant research spaces and traditions. Both established and future scholars can benefit from the handbook's fresh approach to writing in the context of multimodal, multi-semiotic text production. ER -