Pam and Judy Could both of you supply some specific references for the research that you cited in your postings? Thanks. > Pam Dykstra's message is also helpful. An entire > curriculum can be built on speaking versus writing > contrasts. I tend to use systemic functional description > with an article by Chafe as background. Which one, Judy? > Pam, I'm curious > to know your reference for Chafe -- was it his recent > book, _Discourse, Consciousness & Time_ ? And Pam, what research are you referring to here? >Current cognitive science research proposes that phrases and >clauses are not only the organizing principle of talking, they are >the organizing principle of language itself. Language is processed >(reading, listening) in phrases and clauses and produced (speaking >and writing) in phrases and clauses. Thanks a lot. Mike Medley ********************************************************************** R. Michael Medley VPH 211 Ph: (712) 737-7047 Assistant Professor Northwestern College Department of English Orange City, IA 51041 **********************************************************************