Penn Professors on Writing in Linguistics
Professor Beatrice Santorini
About the Professor
Professor Santorini received the equivalent of B.A. in English, American studies, and comparative linguistics from the University of Tübingen. She did graduate work in linguistics at the University of Konstanz, and received a PhD in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania. Her areas of specialization include historical syntax, German linguistics, and language change. She regards William Laboy and Howard Lasnik to be great writers in linguistics
Important Criteria for Student Writing
Professor Santorini considers the following conceptual criteria to be most important:
She considers physical elements unimportant, stating, "The superficial corrections are irrelevant.”
Personal Writing Process
Dr. Santorini agrees that ideas come from reading an article and wanting to explore; they emerge from reading an article’s analysis and not agreeing, or addressing an “open” question. The bulk of time for a scholarly article is spent researching and analyzing data, which is separate from the writing process. She then uses anonymous peer review for scholarly journals which are more likely to talk about the ideas than the writing.
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