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Yuniasari, Ayu; Zainuddin – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the probable effects of cognitive in linguistics properties of descriptive writing. The cognitive was studied on reflectivity and impulsivity in which students were categorized in to two groups. The linguistics properties of the learners' descriptive writings were examined through syntactic complexity…
Descriptors: College Students, Syntax, Writing (Composition), Descriptive Writing
Lebre-Peytard, Monique – Francais dans le Monde, 1986
The descriptions of a terrorist attack on a Paris restaurant--an audio recording of a juvenile eyewitness, an audio recording of a researcher reading a text about the event, and a newspaper account--are compared for discourse characteristics. (MSE)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Writing, Discourse Analysis
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Davis, Anne S.; Witte, Stephen P. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1980
An analysis of descriptive and narrative passages written by 45 first-semester college freshmen early in the semester suggests that mean T-unit length is not a stable individual trait either within the descriptive mode or across description and narration. (GT)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Descriptive Writing, Difficulty Level, Discourse Analysis