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Beaugrande, Robert de – College Composition and Communication, 1977
Uses 24 examples to demonstrate that a comprehensive generative stylistics can provide an interlocking method for describing and teaching writing strategies. (DD)
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Grammar, Rhetoric, Teaching Methods
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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
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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