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Kinghorn, Norton D.; And Others – 1981
Two studies were conducted to test Francis Christensen's theory of generative rhetoric, which maintains that students should be taught the types of sentences that they infrequently use, especially ones with nonrestrictive phrasal modifiers (participial phrases and appositives) as a way to approach invention. The first study examined the principles…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Theories, Generative Grammar, Higher Education
