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To Be or Not to Be: An Exploration of E-Prime, Copula Deletion and Flaming in Electronic Mail.
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Thompsen, Philip A.; Ahn, Dong-Keun – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1992
Studies the efficacy of E-Prime (a form of English that eliminates all forms of the verb "to be") by looking at copula deletion and "flaming" by 214 users of electronic mail. Concludes that no relationship exists between copula deletion and flaming, which does not support the use of E-Prime. (HB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Electronic Mail, Grammar, Higher Education
Tagging: Changing Visual Patterns and the Rhetorical Implications of a New Form of Graffiti.
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Gross, Daniel D.; Gross, Timothy D. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1993
Investigates the changes in the nonverbal forms of written language, with specific attention to the art form of graffiti. Provides and analyzes data from a study of collected graffiti. Describes three phases of visible form in the historical development of graffiti. (HB)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Language Patterns