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Ritchie, Joy S. – College Composition and Communication, 1989
Uses the critical perspectives of Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of language and Lev Vygotsky's theory of language learning to examine the polyphonic texture of writing workshops, the dialogic classroom, the teacher's role as writer and authority figure, and the student's search for voice and role. (RAE)
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Language Patterns
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Gee, James Paul – Discourse Processes, 1986
Discusses the sources of information in oral language. Uses converging evidence from prosody, pausing, structural and semantic parallelism, and stylistic analysis to argue for a series of hypotheses about the units that organize the construction of narrative discourse. Provides examples and appendixes. (JD)
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Processing
Darian, Steven – 1981
Differences in spoken and written English appear at every level of the language; there are differences in phonology, morphology, vocabulary, and syntax, as well as differences in acceptability levels. This study contains four sections and an inventory of contrasting forms. Section One deals with domains and modalities including those discourse…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns
Ward, James – English Teaching Forum, 1981
An oral-skills lesson is proposed having three dimensions: (1) contextualization, where the students are shown the function and use of a language pattern; (2) drills which stimulate student thinking during mechanical manipulation; and (3) communication, which enables the student to use what they have been practicing. (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language), English (Second Language)