Text Production Toward a Science of Composition

PLAN OF THE BOOK THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNICATION A "Science" of Composition? Literacy: Critique of a Crisis Evaluation and Grading Text and Discourse as Events SCIENTIFIC PRECURSORS Structuralism and Linguistics Physicalism and Behaviorism, Mentalism and Transformational Grammar THE PROCEDURAL APPROACH Designing a Model The Phases of Text Production The Resources of Text Processing THE LINEARITY OF TEXT PRODUCTION Temporality versus Spatiality Seven Principles of Linearity Linearity and the Motives for Punctuating WRITING VS. SPELLING, GRAMMAR, AND SPEECH Spelling: Rules, Regularities, or Randomness? Grammar Made Operational Speaking versus Writing STYLE, STAGES, AND STEPS TOWARD PROGRESS Style The Stages of Discourse Theory and Practice: A Common Cause References Abbreviations Name Index Subject Index About the AuthorBeaugrande, Robert de is the author of 'Text Production Toward a Science of Composition', published 1984 under ISBN 9780893911591 and ISBN 0893911593.