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Munday, Ian – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2009
This paper explores Stanley Cavell's notion of "passionate utterance", which acts as an extension of/departure from (we might read it as both) J. L. Austin's theory of the performative. Cavell argues that Austin having made the revolutionary discovery that truth claims in language are bound up with how words perform, then gets bogged by convention…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Homosexuality, Rhetorical Theory, Moral Values
Reboul, Olivier – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Analyses the advertising slogan and its relationship to the various functions of language: expressive, incitative, referential, phatic, metalinguistic, and poetic. (AM)
Descriptors: Expressive Language, French, Language Usage, Mass Media
Calvet, L.-J. – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Examines the development and usage of abbreviations in modern French. (AM)
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Expressive Language, French, Language Usage
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Pickrel, Paul – College English, 1985
Explores the difficulty in defining cliche and distinguishing it from other idiomatic and indelible expressions in the English language. (HTH)
Descriptors: Cliches, English, Expressive Language, Language Styles
Parker, Daniel E. – 1982
In the name of responsible argument, persuasive rhetoric need not eschew all the devices used by propaganda. Emotion is not only inevitable in discourse, it is the necessary base for action. Educators should not consider propaganda evil for the very reason they consider poetry good: its emotional power. This kind of thinking creates a specious…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, English Instruction, Expressive Language, Language Usage
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Taylor, Michael – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1985
Proposes a heuristic to generate specific and vivid phrasing and to draw on the right hemisphere of the brain for the substance of the essay. Describes stages of process as DRAW (Delineate, Ruminate, Analogize, and Write). Emphasizes creative description and expressive language rather than generation of ideas. (JG)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Descriptive Writing, Expressive Language, Heuristics
Farrell, John – Highway One, 1986
Recalls the atmosphere of teaching college in the 1960s. (SRT)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Experience, Educational History, Expressive Language
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Weininger, O. – Reading Improvement, 1983
Stresses the importance for language learning of ordinary and familiar situations that bring about dialog between teacher and children. Emphasizes an environment for language learning that is stimulating for the children and that enriches and enhances the linguistic skills they already possess while increasing their expressive skills. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Creative Activities
Kiefer, Barbara – 1984
Observations of children's responses to picture books in three first-to-fourth-grade classrooms over a two-year period helped to form a descriptive framework for children's responses to picture books. Field notes, transcripts, and other data revealed that when children talked about picture books, they used the lexicon of the expert. They seemed…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Language, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education
Robertson, J. D. – 1977
This pamphlet is the eighth in a series of ten stemming from the view that language is central to learning, that teachers can gain insights into their work and into learning by examining the language of the classroom, and that current language theory can be the means to such insights. The pamphlet contains a discussion of the uses of language in…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Expressive Language, Fiction
Armstrong, Cherryl – 1986
Poets' working drafts and their comments on their processes indicate overwhelmingly that they, like experienced writers of other genres, are extensive revisers. The biggest difficulty with the term "revising" is that it designates both the changes made to a text and the mental processes and attitudes that underlie these changes. Even the…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Discourse Analysis, Expressive Language, Language Research
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Rickford, John R. – Journal of Linguistics, 1986
Argues that the adequacy of pidgins and creoles as expressive instruments requires systematic empirical research. This research would be based on two sound approaches: a macro-survey of language resources and a micro-analysis of language samples. (CB)
Descriptors: Creoles, Expressive Language, Language Patterns, Language Research
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AlSafi, Abdullah T. – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1994
Drawing from experiences in teaching kindergarten teachers in Saudi Arabia to conduct "sharing time" or "show and tell" sessions, discusses the activity's affective and cognitive value, indicating that teacher and peer feedback promotes language development and the growth of curiosity and inquisitiveness. Makes practical…
Descriptors: Child Language, Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
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Larson, Deborah Aldrich – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1987
Noting that knowledge of grammar rules does not ensure correct usage in one's own writing, describes an approach used in a summer workshop to promote awareness of appropriate idiom where 35 highly motivated black students produced 'Snow White' using their own script, half in standard dialect and half in black dialect. (JG)
Descriptors: Bidialectalism, Black Dialects, Black Youth, Class Activities
Woolever, Kristin R. – 1986
The entire process of legal writing would be shorter and more effective if writers would give as much attention to the politics of the rhetorical situation as they do to legal research. To do that requires the following considerations: (1) understanding the three dramatic elements in the rhetorical situation (audience, purpose, tone); (2)…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Communication Skills, Connected Discourse, Context Clues