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Peer reviewedIanni, Lawrence – College Composition and Communication, 1978
Language is not and should not be a highly precise tool; attempts to make language, especially diction, more precise reduce its reliability. (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language, Language Attitudes, Language Role
Peer reviewedSchulz, Muriel R. – College Composition and Communication, 1975
The problems of eliminating the archaic sexual assumptions in our language are examined.
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Feminism, Language, Language Instruction
Download full textPayne, Robert O. – College Composition and Communication, 1968
Important ideas and events in the history of rhetoric are examined in order to illumine the present situation, especially the problem of defining the concept of rhetoric. From Plato's hostility to rhetoric and Aristotle's epistomological rehabilitation of it to the later ethical emphasis of Cicero and the Medieval Christian rhetoriticians, the…
Descriptors: English, History, Language, Language Role
Peer reviewedTibbetts, A. M. – College Composition and Communication, 1978
Summarizes the views of language presented in George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four,""Animal Farm," and "Politics and the English Language." (DD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language, Language Attitudes, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedCrowley, Sharon – College Composition and Communication, 1979
Discusses the rhetorical theory of Gorgias of Leontini and encourages teachers to implant in students a Gorgianic respect for language as an art of illusion, deception, and power having no necessary relation to truth or reality. (DD)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Higher Education, Language, Language Universals
Peer reviewedLuthy, Melvin J. – College Composition and Communication, 1977
The greatest benefit of transformational grammar lies in helping students to understand and appreciate language but not to use it. (DD)
Descriptors: Grammar, Higher Education, Language, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedRank, Hugh – College Composition and Communication, 1977
Analyzes the logical and stylistic flaws in George Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s "Politics and the American Language," suggesting a new approach to the study of public language. (DD)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language, Language Styles, Literary Criticism
Peer reviewedChisholm, William S., Jr. – College Composition and Communication, 1974
Knowledge about language is, for most students, a necessary prerequisite to effective use of language. (JH)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English Instruction, Essays, Grammar
Peer reviewedBritton, W. Earl – College Composition and Communication, 1970
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Etymology, Language, Language Usage
Peer reviewedKehl, D. G. – College Composition and Communication, 1975
Both sides of advertising--the insidious and the artistic--should be studied in every composition class.
Descriptors: Advertising, English Curriculum, Language, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedNilsen, Don L. F. – College Composition and Communication, 1974
Implication, a crucial aspect of style, can be accurately considered only in reference to the whole context in which a verbal communication takes place. (JH)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Intonation, Language
Peer reviewedFreeman, Lawrence D. – College Composition and Communication, 1975
In addition to the social scientific and ethical bases for the Conference on College Composition and Communication statement on students' rights to their own language, there are compelling legal grounds for that right. (JH)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Education, Ethnic Groups, Language
Peer reviewedConely, James – College Composition and Communication, 1974
The proper approach to teaching spelling is to teach students how to be suspicious, sensitive to possible problems. (JH)
Descriptors: English, Graphemes, Language, Orthographic Symbols
Peer reviewedTade, George; And Others – College Composition and Communication, 1975
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Descriptions, English Curriculum, Language
Peer reviewedBarnes, Myra – College Composition and Communication, 1975
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), English Instruction, Higher Education, Language
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