Here are entered works on planned language change directed towards improving communication within a society. Works on government language policy are entered under Language policy.
Here are entered advanced level works on the skillful or artistic organization of oral or written discourse, usually for exposition or persuasion. Elementary and/or secondary level works on written composition are entered under Composition (Language arts). --subdivisions Composition and exercises and Rhetoric under individual languages, e.g. English language--Composition and exercises; French language--Rhetoric
Here are entered works on orthography, spelling, and spelling reform in languages in general. Works dealing with the effort to reform English orthography are entered under Spelling reform. Works dealing with orthography, spelling, and spelling reform in specific languages or groups of languages are entered under the name of the language with subdivision Orthography and spelling, e.g. French language--Orthography and spelling. --subdivision Orthography and spelling under names of languages or groups of languages, e.g., English language--Orthography and spelling
Here are entered works which discuss the study and teaching of a second or foreign language. Works which discuss the social and psychological processes involved in learning a second language are entered under the heading Second language acquisition.
--subdivision Study and teaching--Immersion method under individual languages and groups of languages, e.g. English language--Study and teaching--Immersion method
--subdivision Literary style under names of individual literary authors, e.g. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Literary style; also subdivision Style under individual languages and groups of languages and individual literary works entered under title, e.g. English language--Style; Beowulf--Style; and subdivision Writing skill under names of other individual persons
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Language and languages -- Style. : A way with words : writing, rhetoric, and the art of persuasion [Hoopla electronic resource] / Michael D.C. Drout.
--subdivision Translating under uniform titles of sacred works, individual languages and groups of languages, and topical headings, e.g. Bible--Translating; English language--Translating
Language and languages -- Word frequency. : Nabokov's favorite word is mauve : what the numbers reveal about the classics, bestsellers, and our own writing [Hoopla electronic resource] / Ben Blatt.
