Catching Up with Professor Nate: The Problem with Sociolinguistics in Composition Research.

Prendergast, Catherine

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ERIC Number: EJ539033

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Catching Up with Professor Nate: The Problem with Sociolinguistics in Composition Research.

Prendergast, Catherine

JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory, v17 n1 p39-52 1997

Reexamines data from Carol Berkenkotter, Thomas Huckin and John Ackerman's landmark study of the first year in the life of graduate student Nate. Looks at Nate's work at significant junctures in his professional life. Suggests some of the limitations faced by sociolinguistic accounts of student experiences. (TB)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Ethnography, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education, History, Research Problems, Sociolinguistics, Student Development, Writing Research

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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