Book Review: Why writing still matters: Written communication in changing times. Cambridge University Press.

Chunxiao Yue

doi:10.54475/jlt.2024.009

Authors

Chunxiao Yue City University of Hong Kong

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54475/jlt.2024.009

Keywords:

writing studies, multimodal communication, visible language, developmental trajectories of writing

Abstract

This 190-page monograph by Guy Merchant, holistically viewing writing as a visible linguistic system, elaborates on what writing is, how writing evolves, and why writing is important. As indicated in the subtle, by “writing”, the author means a form of communication, which is an umbrella term encompassing various communicative ways instead of a sort of individual language skill.

Author Biography

Chunxiao Yue, City University of Hong Kong

Chunxiao Yue Constance is a graduate of the English and Communication Department, at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. With research experience in different higher-education institutions, her research interests include but are not constrained to register/genre studies, corpus linguistics, functional linguistics, sociolinguistics, and English language writing.
Email: chunxiao.yue@connect.polyu.hk