Inadvertently and Intentionally Poetic ESL Writing.

Severino, Carol

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ERIC Number: EJ497387

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Inadvertently and Intentionally Poetic ESL Writing.

Severino, Carol

Journal of Basic Writing, v13 n2 p18-32 Fall 1994

Looks at the relationship between error and creativity in the writing of ESL students. Shows how syntactic and lexical constraints combined with students' cultural and aesthetic preferences to produce remarkable poetic effects in their writing. (SR)

Descriptors: Creativity, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Higher Education, Writing (Composition), Writing Research

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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