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Direct linkChris Mays – College Composition and Communication, 2017
This article uses systems and complexity theory to illustrate key characteristics of writing as a complex system. This illustration reveals how writing works on multiple levels of scale, and adds to the body of theoretical knowledge that can be taught within the discipline of writing studies. In so doing, it shows how a complex systems writing…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Teachers, Writing Processes
Peer reviewedGraves, Richard L. – College Composition and Communication, 1978
Classifies the complexity of the mental processes involved in combining kernel sentences, recasting flawed sentences, and composing original sentences based on rhetorical models. (DD)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Models, Rhetoric
