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| Coherence | 1 |
| Cohesion (Written Composition) | 1 |
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| Cooper, Allene | 1 |
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Peer reviewedCooper, Allene – Written Communication, 1988
Contends that the Given-New research done by linguists on texts can be used effectively in process approaches to teaching composition. Finds that Given-New principles of text analysis are useful in teaching individual students, but that there is more to creating coherence than simply overlapping subjects and objects. (MS)
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), English Instruction, Higher Education
