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Haussamen, Brock – Visible Language, 1994
Describes general changes in sentence length, typical clause and modifier patterns, connectedness and structural explicitness over the last 400 years. Finds that the printed sentence has become shorter, the flow of information more direct, and the connections between nominalizations more implicit. Suggests that the printed sentence will continue…
Descriptors: English, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Research
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Foley, Louis – Reading Horizons, 1974
Discusses the use of split infinitives in written language and suggests a compromise rule. (RB)
Descriptors: Grammar, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Styles
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Lumby, Malcolm E. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1974
Stresses the importance of verbal elaboration when discussing general semantics in the presence of a neophyte, pointing out that definitional or illustrative emendations attached to mnemonic devices may be particularly useful to the listener. (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Skills, Linguistics
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Robson, Ernest M. – Visible Language, 1975
Describes an alphabetic process for cuing readers to speak the three dimensions of sound: fundamental frequency, duration, and intensity. (RB)
Descriptors: English, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Research
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Gilbert, Janet R. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1987
Asserts that basic writers must learn to consciously manage written patterns to become better writers. Reviews six studies focusing on lexical and syntactic differences between written and spoken English, and suggests focal points for teaching writing patterns to basic writers. Examines two case studies which demonstrate writing pattern…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Patterns, Student Writing Models, Writing Instruction
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Watt, W. C. – Visible Language, 1975
Examines two versions of the alphabet to show how psychological evidence indicates that grammar is best which best approximates the system people have in their heads. (RB)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Patterns
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Leonard, Donald J.; Gilsdorf, Jeanette W. – Journal of Business Communication, 1990
Studies the distraction potential of 45 written usage elements, traditionally considered errors, for 2 different educated reading audiences: postsecondary business communication teachers, and executive vice presidents in large firms. Finds that the usage errors least distracting to both audiences were lexical elements and the use of an adverbial…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Communication, Communication Research, Higher Education
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Campbell, Ruth; And Others – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1991
Through experimentation, concurrent articulation was demonstrated to impair native English subject's ability to compare the internal stress patterns of written words. It was determined that the articulators' movements specifically affected stress analysis of words and this reflected postlexical, off-line processing. (25 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Cognitive Processes, College Students, English
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Howe, P. M. – English for Specific Purposes, 1990
Law students were asked to simulate, in writing, the thinking of a lawyer advising a client. Scripts produced by students and teachers revealed a pattern of repeated syllogisms, or an algorithm, contained within the macrostructure of situation-problem-solution. Variation depended upon the issues discussed or type of law studied. (28 references)…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English for Academic Purposes, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Gascon, Christopher D. – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1998
The Spanish psychological verb construction seems to be especially difficult for native English-speaking learners to acquire. Since some of the most common Spanish psych verbs, such as "gustar" (to please) and "encantar" (to delight), require a grammatical structure that is different from that of the English verbs frequently…
Descriptors: English, Error Patterns, Grammar, Higher Education
Cook, Margaret – 1974
This paper examines the speech performance characteristic of the college lecturer. One of the most organized forms of speech performance, the lecture functions as a referential monologue and has a necessarily topical focus. Specifically dealt with are the ways in which lecturers introduce new topics, link together topical utterances, and close out…
Descriptors: Colleges, English, Higher Education, Language Patterns
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Woods, Devon – TESL Canada Journal, 1989
Discusses complexities inherent in correcting second language students' spoken and written errors. Alternatives to current error correction methods (1) focus on the use of error correction to improve students' language form, (2) involve the real communicative consequences of inaccuracy, (3) suggest strategies for attending to form when listening…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Grammatical Acceptability
Terrebonne, Nancy Goppert – 1975
This dissertation describes a study of the Black English Vernacular (BEV) based on 350 compositions written in the college classroom by 42 black students from working class and lower class families in a predominantly white university. The correlation between certain extralinguistic variables and over 20 linguistic variables was examined. Although…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, College Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
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Meschyan, Gayane; Hernandez, Arturo – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2002
Investigated the mechanisms through which native-language (English) word decoding ability predicted individual differences in native- and second-language (Spanish) learning. Results are consistent with the hypothesis that second-language learning is founded on native-language phonological-orthographic ability among college-age adults, especially…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Coding, College Students, English (Second Language)
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Dicamilla, Frederick J.; Lantolf, James P. – Language Sciences, 1994
Argues that the formal properties of language reflect the underlying mental processes that individuals deploy in problem-solving situations. This analysis of the linguistic features of "private writing" reveals that writers utilize their linguistic systems to organize and direct strategic mental processes. (69 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Data Collection
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