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Download full textHayes, Curtis W. – English Journal, 1967
The value of a transformational model of syntax can be illustrated by comparing the taxonomic grammatical description of a complex sentence to a transformation-oriented description of the same sentence. The taxonomic approach, an immediate constituent analysis, requires 10 steps to break the sample sentence into its grammatical components; the…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Kernel Sentences, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics
Peer reviewedStrong, William – English Journal, 1976
Sentence combining practices works best as a skill-building adjunct to regular composition work. (JH)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, Kernel Sentences, Language Acquisition
McGuire, Eileen J. – English Journal, 1967
When ninth-grade students are searching for help in expressing their newly discovered ideas, the principles of transformational grammar can be brought to their aid in the following ways: (1) Assign a provocative topic to the students which they are to discuss as fully as possible in one sentence. (2) Present only the kernel sentences of a…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 9, Grammar, Junior High School Students
