Penn Professors on Writing in Linguistics
Professor Gene Buckley
About the Professor
Professor Buckley is the chair of the Graduate Group in Linguistics. His research interests include formal phonology, interactions of phonology and morphology, Native American linguistics, and Ethio-Semitic linguistics, among others.
Important Criteria for Student Writing
Professor Buckley considers the following conceptual criteria most important:
He also considers the following physical elements important, but to a lesser extent:
- Grammar and mechanics
Personal Writing Process
Professor Buckley says that ideas come from reading an article and wanting to explore; ideas come from reading an article’s analysis and not agreeing, or addressing an “open” question. He writes in chunks as he researches and then reorganizes at the end; research is the main part of the process: “The writing itself is probably the shortest part of the process. We’re not so much concerned about how the article is written, but what the article contains.”
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