The trouble with articles like this is they never mention phrase structure trees. They talk as if there is only one way to make a geometric diagram of a sentence. It might be an enlightening exercise to have students invent new ways to show the relationships between the words in a sentence. Having them use Reed-Kellog or phrase structure diagrams and then grading them on right or wrong is discouraging for the students.
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"On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Geoffrey Layton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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"NCTE just posted this link on its Facebook page - watcha'll think?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/22/341898975/a-picture-of-language-the-fading-art-of-diagramming-sentences
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