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Counterstatement: Response to Martha Solomon, "Teaching the Nominative Absolute"
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Solkov, Arnold – College Composition and Communication, 1976
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Higher Education, Linguistics, Sentence Structure
The Ethics of Argument: Rereading Kairos and Making Sense in a Timely Fashion
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Harker, Michael – College Composition and Communication, 2007
This study challenges the prevailing interpretations of the Greek rhetorical principle of "kairos"--"saying the right thing at the right time"--and attempts to draw on a more nuanced understanding of the term in order to provide generative re-readings of three Braddock Award-winning essays. (Contains 6 notes and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Ethics, Educational Philosophy, Rhetorical Criticism, Persuasive Discourse
Why Transformational Grammar Fails in the Classroom
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Luthy, Melvin J. – College Composition and Communication, 1977
The greatest benefit of transformational grammar lies in helping students to understand and appreciate language but not to use it. (DD)
Descriptors: Grammar, Higher Education, Language, Language Attitudes
Teaching the Nominative Absolute
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Solomon, Martha – College Composition and Communication, 1975
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English Instruction, Higher Education, Nouns
Symposium on the Paragraph.
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Christensen, Francis; And Others – College Composition and Communication, 1966
Three authors comment upon each other's views as expressed in previous articles on the paragraph. Francis Christensen discusses the "sentence-based" theory and compares it to other descriptions of the paragraph. A.L. Becker compares Christensen's and Paul Rodgers' views and discusses their major differences in (1) identity and variation in…
Descriptors: Conferences, English, English Instruction, Grammar
A Transformational Approach to Teaching Composition
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Ross, Janet – College Composition and Communication, 1971
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Instruction, Educational Research, English Instruction
Lessons from the Language Teacher: Cognition, Conditioning and Controlled Composition
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Ney, James W. – College Composition and Communication, 1973
Describes how behavioral and cognitive psychologies regarding language learning can be synthesized in the teaching of written composition to students learning English as a second language. (MM)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition