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Peer reviewedLutkus, Alan – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1987
Compares two methods for evaluating syntactic complexity and maturity: (1) the T-unit method of W. K. Hunt and (2) the sentence weight method of P. DiStephano and S. Howie. Concludes that sentence weight is no more accurate than T-units, and more difficult to compute. (JG)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Syntax, Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction
