Dear all,
Thank you for recommending so many sources on the treatment of sentence stress/rhythm
in writing and style texts. I've compiled the following bibliography
from your suggestions and those of another email list, Writing Program Administration.
Best,
Andrea Olinger
MA Candidate in Applied Linguistics and TESL, UCLA
*Accounts of Sentence Stress/Rhythm, Prominence, Thought Groups, and Intonation in Writing Texts*
PRIMARY SOURCES
**Writing and style texts with the most elaborate accounts
Glaser, J. (1999). Understanding style. New York: Oxford University Press. (See chapters on Assigning Emphasis and Controlling Rhythm)
Kane, T. S., & Peters, L. J. (1966). A practical rhetoric of expository prose. New York: Oxford University Press. (See chapter on the Audible Sentence)
Kolln, M. (2007). Rhetorical grammar: Grammatical choices, rhetorical effects (5th ed.). New York: Pearson Education. (See chapter on Sentence Rhythm)
**Other writing and style texts
Baker, S. (1998). The practical stylist (8th ed.). New York: Longman.
Betting, R. (2008). Grammar today: The new American language and grammar primer. Valley City, ND: A Skeptical press.
Brooks, C., & Penn Warren, R. (1979). Modern rhetoric (4th ed.). New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.
Crowley, S., & Hawhee, D. (2009). Ancient rhetorics for contemporary students (4th ed.). Pearson Longman.
Lanham, R. (2007). Revising prose (5th ed.). New York: Pearson Longman.
Tufte, V. (2006). Artful sentences: Syntax as style. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press LLC.
Williams, J. W. (1990). Style: Toward clarity and grace. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
**Writing texts that were recommended but that I haven't yet investigated
Bacon, N. (2009). The well-crafted sentence. Bedford/St. Martin's.
Hickey, D. J. (1993). Developing a written voice. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co.
Kilpatrick, J. (1984). The writer's art. New York: Andrews, McMeel, & Parker.
Zinsser, W. K. (2006). On writing well: The classic guide to writing nonfiction (30th anniversary ed.). Collins.
**Historical accounts
Hugh Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres
Cicero's Orator
Demetrius. (1990). On style. In P. P. Matsen, P. Rollinson, & M. Sousa (Eds.), Readings from classical rhetoric (pp.____). Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press.
Mason, J. (1749). An essay on the power and harmony of prosaic numbers. (Can be downloaded for free from Google Books)
Tempest, N. (1930). The rhythm of English prose: A manual for students. Cambridge, England: The University Press.
SECONDARY SOURCES
Bolinger, D. (1989). Intonation and its uses: Melody in grammar and discourse. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Cannon, B. (1957). Punctuation and sentence rhythm. College Composition and Communication, 8 (1), 16-22.
Crow, J. (2006, July 14). Punctuation from an information processing perspective.
Paper presented at the annual conference of the Assembly for the
Teaching of English Grammar, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT.
Elbow, P. (2003). Three mysteries at the heart of writing.
In L. Z. Bloom, D. A. Daiker, & E. M. White (Eds.), Composition
studies in the new millennium: Rereading the past, rewriting the future
(pp. 10-27). Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Andrea Olinger
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Dear all,
I am working on a project that examines the treatment of sentence stress and rhythm in writing/composition/style texts. Would any of you be able to recommend other books that discuss this topic? I've identified Martha Kolln's Rhetorical Grammar, Joseph Williams' Style, and Richard Lanham's Revising Prose so far.
Thank you!
Best,
Andrea Olinger
MA Candidate in Applied Linguistics and TESL, UCLA
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