PLAN OF THE BOOKTHE CONTEXT OF COMMUNICATIONA "Science" of Composition?Literacy: Critique of a CrisisEvaluation and GradingText and Discourse as EventsSCIENTIFIC PRECURSORSStructuralism and LinguisticsPhysicalism and Behaviorism, Mentalism and Transformational GrammarTHE PROCEDURAL APPROACHDesigning a ModelThe Phases of Text ProductionThe Resources of Text ProcessingTHE LINEARITY OF TEXT PRODUCTIONTemporality versus SpatialitySeven Principles of LinearityLinearity and the Motives for PunctuatingWRITING VS. SPELLING, GRAMMAR, AND SPEECHSpelling: Rules, Regularities, or Randomness?Grammar Made OperationalSpeaking versus WritingSTYLE, STAGES, AND STEPS TOWARD PROGRESSStyleThe Stages of DiscourseTheory and Practice: A Common CauseReferencesAbbreviationsName IndexSubject IndexAbout the Author