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Bear, Jean M. – 1979
This study investigates topic units and suggests some practical applications to the teaching of composition to native speakers and second language learners. A topic unit is a structural unit beyond the sentence. It is composed of clauses and consists of two parts -- a head proposition and a set of comments. The head proposition consists of the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Language Styles, Paragraph Composition
