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Peer reviewedSen, Ann L. – English Journal, 1979
Traces the history of the speech of New Yorkers, compares the speech of New Yorkers with the speech of those living elsewhere in America, and discusses the low prestige of New York City pronunciation. (DD)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English Instruction, Language Patterns, Pronunciation
Peer reviewedNystrand, Martin – English Journal, 1973
Comments on the effects technology and industrialization have on language change. (MM)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Industrialization, Language Patterns, Language Styles
Peer reviewedWoodman, Leonora – English Journal, 1973
Illustrates how a linguistic analysis of Hemingway's prose style can be appealing to a student by being precise instead of vague and being a procedure. (MM)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Patterns, Linguistics, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedGarcia, Ricardo L. – English Journal, 1974
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Dialect Studies, Language Patterns
Download full textIsaacs, Sallie – English Journal, 1968
Linguistic criticism not only shows students the usefulness of grammar but also improves their comprehension of literature. For instance, a study of stress, pitch, and juncture in E. E. Cummings'"anyone lived in a pretty how town" adds meaning to the poem. Also helpful is an analysis of Cummings' tagmemic method of substitution slot-filling--use…
Descriptors: Grammar, Intonation, Language, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedJames, Carl – English Journal, 1970
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Dialects, English Curriculum, English Instruction
