Inadvertently and Intentionally Poetic ESL Writing

Carol Severino

doi:10.37514/JBW-J.1994.13.2.03

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Inadvertently and Intentionally Poetic ESL Writing

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Inadvertently and Intentionally Poetic ESL Writing

Carol Severino

Journal of basic writing, Vol.13(2), pp.18-32

10/01/1994

DOI: 10.37514/JBW-J.1994.13.2.03

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Abstract

Arguing against a rhetoric/mechanics split and in favor of greater attention to the lexical level of language, especially where second language writing is concerned, the author demonstrates how syntactic and lexical constraints as well as cultural/aesthetic preferences result in astonishingly poetic effects in the writing of ESL students. Linguistically classifying and analyzing the poetic ESL examples she has collected, she makes connections to the grammar of first-language poetry and to the relationship between error and creativity.

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Title: Subtitle: Inadvertently and Intentionally Poetic ESL Writing
Creators: Carol Severino - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of basic writing, Vol.13(2), pp.18-32
DOI: 10.37514/JBW-J.1994.13.2.03
ISSN: 0147-1635
eISSN: 2831-9184
Language: English
Date published: 10/01/1994
Academic Unit: International Programs; Rhetoric
Record Identifier: 9984398499102771

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