Research question (working)
"Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a writing system). It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio."
"Description is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. Each of the rhetorical modes is present in a variety of forms and each has its own purpose and conventions."
"Description is also the fiction-writing mode for transmitting a mental image of the particulars of a story."
"The purpose of description is to re-create or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader may picture that which is being described. Descriptive writing may be found in the other rhetorical modes."
"Language . . . complex systems of communication. . . ."
"The human language faculty is thought to be fundamentally different from and of much higher complexity than those of other species. Human language is highly complex in that it is based on a set of rules relating symbols to their meanings, thereby forming an infinite number of possible utterances from a finite number of elements."
The reference for all of the above quotations is http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com.
Why this post
If we wish at some point to survey "writers" about their experience of writing . . . the question in final form will rein them in.
What is it like to write (the action)?
What is it like to make or create by putting together letters, words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs . . . whole texts ready to be read?Background
"Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a writing system). It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio."
"Description is one of four rhetorical modes (also known as modes of discourse), along with exposition, argumentation, and narration. Each of the rhetorical modes is present in a variety of forms and each has its own purpose and conventions."
"Description is also the fiction-writing mode for transmitting a mental image of the particulars of a story."
"The purpose of description is to re-create or visually present a person, place, event, or action so that the reader may picture that which is being described. Descriptive writing may be found in the other rhetorical modes."
"Language . . . complex systems of communication. . . ."
"The human language faculty is thought to be fundamentally different from and of much higher complexity than those of other species. Human language is highly complex in that it is based on a set of rules relating symbols to their meanings, thereby forming an infinite number of possible utterances from a finite number of elements."
The reference for all of the above quotations is http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com.
Why this post
If we wish at some point to survey "writers" about their experience of writing . . . the question in final form will rein them in.
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