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Seigel, Don M. – 1983
A replication was conducted of Sterling Leonard's 1932 survey of "Current English Usage," which submitted a questionnaire of expressions to judges consisting of linguists, journalists, teachers, and businessmen. It was hypothesized that more of the expressions in Leonard's study would be acceptable today (looser standards) than was the…
Descriptors: English, Grammatical Acceptability, Language Attitudes, Language Research
Cummings, Melbourne S. – 1983
Until the late 1960s, rhetoric instruction in the United States ignored forms of rhetoric used by black Americans, although black rhetoric has existed in the United States for as long as black people have lived there. A course in black rhetoric must acknowledge the persuasive intent of all rhetoric, but note at the same time that black rhetoric…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black History, Black Studies, Course Content
