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Peer reviewedPellegrini, A. D.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Tests Halliday's model of context/text relationships and how these relationships vary for 71 children in first, second, and third grades. Children produced oral and written messages about a circus in narrative and persuasive genres. Texts were analyzed for elements of linguistic cohesion and length of clausal themes. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Children, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition
