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Download full textEnglish, Hubert M., Jr. – College Composition and Communication, 1964
Some of Professor Kenneth Pike's tagmemic theory is explained, and an attempt to apply it in freshman English classes at the University of Michigan is described. Two writing subjects (a concrete object and an abstraction) are examined from the aspects of contrast; range of variation; and distribution with respect to class, context, and matrix. The…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Descriptive Writing, English Instruction, Expository Writing
