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Beauvais, Paul J.; Parker, Frank – 1983
Interest in the application of modern linguistic theory in composition research has faded, possibly because some of the basic principles that inform linguistic study have been misunderstood. For example, a common misconception is that linguists use the term "generate" to mean "produce." However, the purpose of a generative…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Educational Researchers, Generative Grammar, Linguistic Theory
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Alexander, Sandra C. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1983
Suggests teaching remedial composition students to use visual clues--markings and locational indicators--to analyze sentences and eliminate recurring grammatical errors. (AEA)
Descriptors: Diagrams, Generative Grammar, Grammar, Remedial Instruction
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Broadhead, Glenn J.; Berlin, James A. – College Composition and Communication, 1981
Guidelines for connecting the rhetorical principles taught by Francis Christensen with concepts from sentence-combining in a plan to help students learn to invent and develop sentences. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College English, Generative Grammar, Higher Education
Kalogjera, Damir; Vilke, Mirjana – 1982
Part of a 20-year Yugoslav Serbocroatian-English Contrastive Project, this study is intended to make students, teachers, textbook writers, and scholars aware of elements in the system of English modals that might cause difficulties to the native Serbocroatian-speaking learner of English. An eclectic method of contrastive analysis consisting of…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Generative Grammar, Grammar