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| College English | 6 |
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| Gove, Philip B. | 1 |
| Lutkus, Alan | 1 |
| Morse, J. Mitchell | 1 |
| Penelope, Julia | 1 |
| Rosenwald, Lawrence | 1 |
| Schwartz, Elias | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
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Peer reviewedSchwartz, Elias – College English, 1970
Discusses the differences between literary analysis and linguistics and between the structures of language and literature. (SW)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Linguistics
Download full textGove, Philip B. – College English, 1966
To understand decisions made concerning language usage in "Webster's Third New International Dictionary," it is necessary to realize what standard usage is and how it changes. The definition of standard usage, given in 1932, as that language used by well-educated persons remains valid and depends more and more on professional writers for guidance.…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, English Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Research
Peer reviewedPenelope, Julia – College English, 1982
Excoriates those who resist attempts to remove sexism from English, singling out critic John Simon as particularly offensive. (JL)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns, Language Planning
Peer reviewedMorse, J. Mitchell – College English, 1970
Argues for a more active role for the college English instructor in helping students write and speak standard English more effectively. (SW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, English Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Skills
Peer reviewedRosenwald, Lawrence – College English, 1998
Offers a sustained linguistic analysis of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." Finds that, because Cooper's technical blunders and moral limitations are always in view, they are revelatory. Suggests that no American author has gotten more things wrong about languages; but no one has dramatized more about how languages…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, Content Analysis, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLutkus, Alan – College English, 1976
An overconcern with the niceties of usage can undercut English teachers' efforts to eliminate public doublespeak. (JH)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Language, Language Instruction
