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335• • thin book• approach of discussing is notvery appealing from a theoreticalview point• visual appearance is that of awide variation• there is no index of cited authors• prohibitive price• price of book is very high• book is rather expensive• personal subscription to seriesonly for the wealthy chemist• out of place• disappointing• reader will be disappointed• no empirical basis for claims• very little of interest toeconomists• editor ended up writing most ofthe book• lack interest• tedious recitation of statistics• organization of the book isfrustrating• mass of ideas and statisticsTable Erro! Apenas o documento principal. Persuasive-UnconvincingPRAISE - Persuasive/UnconvincingLinguistics Chemistry Economics• authors are recognized experts inthe field• authoritative• authors have a long-standinginterest in the field• author has good workingknowledge of topic• convincing [argument]• convincing [model]• convincing and purelylinguistic evidence• The book ...is impressive (notjust for its breadth of inquirybut also) for being sensitive toits own problematic status)• over one-third of the more than200 references are citations ofthe author’s work. However,this is not a criticism of thereview, which is enhanced bythe authority of the author• author makes good sense of hisanswer to the puzzle• author is careful not to claim toomuch• author knows his subject toowell• authors have written severalinfluential papers on topic• author is scholar enough toprovide the disconfirmingevidence• authors fairly even-handed incovering approaches that they donot favour particularly, as wellas those they do• author has a critical attitudeBLAME - Persuasive/UnconvincingLinguistics Chemistry Economics