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I really enjoyed reading these articles! They gave me such a deeper understanding of the english studies field as a whole.  I never knew there were quite so many political and personal obstacles in this particular discipline! I was wondering to myself, is it really possible for linguistics, creative writing, rhetoric and composition, plus everything [...]

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While I enjoyed McComiskey’s Introduction, and the essays by Haake and Lauer, I’m going to admit that Barton’s essay was tough to get through. Perhaps it’s because I’ve never taken a course in Linguistics, so some of the “lingo” or “language” just wasn’t translating for me.
That said, I really did enjoy the other two [...]

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Admittedly, the introduction to McComiskey’s English Studies threw me for a somewhat painstaking historical loop, and I can’t say that I was looking forward to reading 3 chapters over my three-day weekend, but seriously? I was surprised- and happily.
For me, the highlights and majority of empathy resided in the final reading, Haake’s “Creative Writing.” As [...]

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