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PDF pending restorationBeauvais, Paul J.; Parker, Frank – 1983
Interest in the application of modern linguistic theory in composition research has faded, possibly because some of the basic principles that inform linguistic study have been misunderstood. For example, a common misconception is that linguists use the term "generate" to mean "produce." However, the purpose of a generative…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Educational Researchers, Generative Grammar, Linguistic Theory
Download full textOlson, Gary M. – 1983
This report describes research that focused on the comprehension and composition of simple texts. The first section reviews the overall goals and theoretical perspectives of the project. The second section describes the following studies carried out during the project: analysis and extension of prior thinking-out-loud (TOL) data, TOL and reading…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes
Soderston, Candace; German, Carol – 1984
Over the past several years, technical communicators have been struggling to change some of the stylistic traditions inherited from scientific discourse. Rhetoricians, writing teachers, and psychologists all agree that the use of analogy and first- or second-person sentence construction make for more effective communication than the absence of…
Descriptors: Analogy, Attitude Measures, Communication Research, Computer Software
Fox, Barry – 1983
Microresearch of the type performed by W. Loban and K. Hunt was used to describe two functions of macroresearch methodology--reporting and classifying--of the type conducted by J. Britton. This was done by contrasting the use of nine linguistic features of writing produced by four groups of students in each of the functions. The features were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language)
Daiker, Donald A., Ed.; And Others – 1979
Drawn from a conference that addressed the role of sentence combining in the teaching of writing, the papers in this collection are divided into three sections: the theory of sentence combining, research in sentence combining, and sentence combining in the classroom. The 22 papers discuss a variety of topics, including the following: (1) sentence…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, English Instruction, Higher Education, Paragraph Composition
Miller, George A.; And Others – 1982
As the final report of a 2-year research project, this document covers work on the development of a model of anaphora and its implications for a theory of writing development. The report outlines results from a series of experiments that specified several functions of pronouns in prose and that tested hypotheses concerning the development of…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Developmental Stages, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
