Discusses comparative analysis of spoken and written versions of a narrative to demonstrate that features which have been identified as characterizing oral discourse are also found in written discourse and that the written short story combines syntactic complexity expected in writing with features which create involvement expected in speaking.…

Results showed that LD Ss scored significantly lower than normal Ss on most written expression abilities, expecially in the mechanical tasks of spelling, punctuation, and word usage. For related information see EC 132 758-768. (Author)

The article presents an approach to informal assessment of written expression which allows the teacher to determine the skills acquired and correctly used by the student, the skills needing remediation, and the skills to be introduced. For related information see EC 132 758-767. (Author)

Presents a series of rules to account for an underlying root (CVCVC) in irregular verbs in literary Arabic. These rules are not intended as a full description of the phenomenon but rather as a pedagogical tool. (Text is in French.) (AM)

This article discusses the role of neurological damage in the form of lesions, as it relates to alexia. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

In interviews, literacy tutors described their underlying writing models and what they considered problems in student writing. Writing was either self-expressive or socially constrained. They legitimized their role as either supportive counselor or effective educator. The act of writing was seen as a struggle with authority and dominant meanings.…

Reports two experiments that assessed the role of orthography in constraining subject verb agreement in written and spoken French. Contrasted a condition in which the singular and plural forms of the subject head nouns were homophones but non-homographs with a condition in which the subject head ones were homophones and homographs in their…

Discusses Harris's point that evolutionary accounts of writing must ultimately fail to show what writing is because they fail to come to terms with the conceptual prerequisites for writing. According to Harris, the crucial moment of writing was when graphical marking could be envisaged as having broken free from externally imposed semiological…

Examines introductory genres and their various realizations, conventionally used to introduce academic books and variously named as "introduction,""preface,""acknowledgement," and "publishers blurb" to investigate their nature, function, and structure within the context of current theory in genre analysis…

Argues that encouraging a "dialogue of one" (in which students internalize their reading selves in the act of revision) contributes to reuniting students' academic and cultural selves. Contends that students can learn the language appropriate to the literate community by recognizing that their writing is subject to critical questioning…

Claims that punctuation contributes substantially to writing effectiveness. Argues that punctuation's primary function is to signal the "prosody" (patterns of pitch, stress, and hesitations) that authors have in mind when they write. Observes that a sensitivity to the sound of written language is essential for the effective use of…

Relates the author's observations of her third- and fourth-grade class as they studied the history of language, inventing primitive languages as part of their study of early man. (MM)

Analysis of headlines reporting the outcomes of professional and college football games revealed language use patterns involving transitive and intransitive verbs, phrase structure, alliteration and puns, and action verbs. It is suggested that continued use of a verb for winning or losing may lead to a change in its meaning. (Author/CB)

Investigates text cues and comprehension strategies used by competent readers comprehending lengthy written arguments. Finds that both text structure and signaling in introductions and conclusions consistently influenced the 12th-grade advanced placement English students' responses. Notes that these cues helped students recognize the argument…

Offers an analysis of written and oral texts and a questionnaire on the contemporary use of future and conditional modals in French, and reviews the treatment of these verb forms by grammarians and language learning authors. Findings suggest that grammar books and manuals offer guidance on the written use of the modals, rather than the oral usage.…