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Download full textLittle, Graham – 1975
Recording, narrative, exposition, and argument were hypothesized to present writing tasks of increasing cognitive and verbal complexity. This was investigated by obtaining writing samples in each mode from a stratified sample of 128 Australian sixteen year olds. The cognitive-complexity hypothesis was supported by data concerning the relative…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Expository Writing, Language Acquisition, Language Styles
Jernudd, Bjorn H. – 1971
This paper provides a review of "English Transported: Essays on Australasian English," edited by W. S. Ramson. The book is a collection of articles on the various types of English spoken mainly in Australia and New Zealand. Articles discuss such varieties as nineteenth and twentieth century Australian English, New Zealand English, Pidgin…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Book Reviews, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies
