Viewpoints: Cultures, Text Models, and the Activity of Writing.

Purves, Alan C.|Purves, William C.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Viewpoints: Cultures, Text Models, and the Activity of Writing.

Purves, Alan C.; Purves, William C.

Research in the Teaching of English, v20 n2 p174-97 May 1986

Raises three issues concerning the activity of writing and its relation to texts and cultures: (1) knowledge as the basis for the activity of writing, (2) the varying nature of the activity itself and how that activity is shaped by context, and (3) the perceived nature of the written work in a given culture. (HOD)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences, Intercultural Communication, Knowledge Level, Models, Perception, Reader Text Relationship, Research Needs, Schemata (Cognition), Writing (Composition)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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