authorship
origin, especially with reference to an author, creator, producer, etc., of a work: establishing the authorship of early medieval manuscripts.
the occupation or career of writing books, articles, etc.
Origin of authorship
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How to use authorship in a sentence
The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.
The action-packed saga ‘Monkey King: Journey to the West’ gets a modern take | Michael Dirda | March 3, 2021 | Washington PostIn her scrutinization of authorship, Rekdal points to bigger questions surrounding whiteness, identity and empathy.
It’s very complicated, the concept of authorship when you’re documenting people’s lives during very difficult moments.
She Photographed Police Abuse at a 2014 BLM March Then Watched the Image Go Viral During Capitol Riot | by Lisa Larson-Walker | January 11, 2021 | ProPublicaIn the future, allowing authors to self-identify for studies of gender and authorship in a range of fields would likely produce more correct gender data and allow researchers to identify as nonbinary or non-gender-conforming.
Few people knew female birds had unique songs—until women started studying them | By Omland, Rose & Odom/The Conversation | September 28, 2020 | Popular-ScienceNow we cover author and site reputation, completeness of content, transparency of authorship and negativity as signals Bing uses in rankings.
A deeper dive into more of the Bing Search ranking factors | Barry Schwartz | August 25, 2020 | Search Engine Land
For a pair such as Viola and Perov, who have co-created work for decades, there is also precedent for retroactive co-authorship.
Then last weekend the Sunday Times broke the story of her authorship, and Rowling quickly fessed up.
Well, did he look into the authorship question at the time, when he was made aware?
Michael Tomasky: Time for Ron Paul to Fully Answer Racism Charges | Michael Tomasky | December 23, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTOne may just as well claim authorship of the Treaty of Versailles.
As well as claiming co-authorship with Proust of Remembrance of Time Past.
It was literary in so far that the majority of its members lay down at night with unrealised dreams of authorship.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanWere any further confirmation needed for Massingers authorship, the metrical tests would supply it, with their 36 per cent.
The Fatal Dowry | Philip MassingerThese opportunities in my case were to be the authorship of an epoch-making novel, or a great drama, or some similar masterpiece.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonWhen the volumes 175 arrived in Ireland, there was no room for doubt as to the authorship of “Jane Eyre.”
Secrets have a bad time of it in our day, and the authorship of the article is no longer a secret.
British Dictionary definitions for authorship
/ (ˈɔːθəˌʃɪp) /
the origin or originator of a written work, plan, etc: a book of unknown authorship
the profession of writing books
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