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Konkle, Bruce E. – Quill and Scroll, 2003
Notes that using words effectively and creatively make for interesting reading. Explains 19 oxymorons scholastic journalists might use. Proposes that some students may use oxymorons to try to make sense out of the strange world of words that are used for communication. (PM)
Descriptors: Language Usage, Scholastic Journalism, Secondary Education, Semantics
Myers, Doris T. – 1984
Intended as a text to help teachers introduce college freshmen and sophomores to language through writing or to writing through introduction to language, this book emphasizes the relationship of linguistics to composition, literature, and the human condition. The nine chapters discuss the following topics: (1) three approaches to language, (2)…
Descriptors: College English, English Instruction, Grammar, Higher Education
