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Recine 12<br />

textual analysis <strong>of</strong> the nature <strong>of</strong> comics as a TESOL instrument.<br />

Fig. 2.1.1. Excerpt from my comic “<strong>The</strong> Magic Flying Monkey”.<br />

Fig. 2.1.2. An illustrated grammar lesson.<br />

2.2. <strong>The</strong> Definition <strong>of</strong> <strong>Comics</strong> in Current TESOL and Linguistics Literature<br />

Some linguists and language instructors take a prescriptive approach when defining and characterizing<br />

the English language (Pinker). A prescriptive definition <strong>of</strong> a language’s grammar explains how a<br />

language should be used, according to prevailing notions <strong>of</strong> propriety. <strong>The</strong>se notions <strong>of</strong> “proper”<br />

grammar are <strong>of</strong>ten set by a society’s educated upper class rather than by the general public <strong>of</strong> a<br />

language speaking community (Canada). Prescriptive definitions <strong>of</strong> North American English grammar<br />

include a ban on double negatives, as seen in the sentence “I didn’t say nothing to nobody.” Other rules

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