College Composition and Communication Jun 2007

The Erasure of Language

Susan Peck MacDonald

Abstract

This article traces a decline in CCCC sessions on language along with a shift toward more reductive definitions. It analyzes early CCCC treatment of language issues, the Students’ Right document, changes in demographics and linguistics, and shifts within English departments that have left us overdue for professional reexamination of our role as teachers of language.

Journal
College Composition and Communication
Published
2007-06-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc20075924
Topics
race and writing

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