Judy, I'm going to do this, but it'll take me a day or two. End of term and all that. Thanks for your patience. Herb >>> [log in to unmask] 12/04/00 01:19PM >>> In my guest >presentation, the problem led to an interesting and spirited >discussion of how sentence grammar interacts with rhetorical >considerations, what linguists would call discourse pragmatics. > >I've done summer workshops for middle and high school English >teachers where we've concentrated specifically on such >discourse-motivated grammatical alternations. The discourse >motivation, the tie-in to rhetoric, gives relevance to building >the grammatical basis for discussion of sentence structure >options, and we end up covering quite a lot of grammar. This can >be done in a linguistically and intellectually faithful manner and >is generally stimulating to all involved. Herb, can you give us some specifics? A brief scenario? Outline? Anecdote? Thanks! Judy To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/