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Hoffman, Stevie; McCully, Belinda – Language Arts, 1984
Considers register (factors that vary in situational contexts and produce differences in meaning intent and meaning exchange) variance with its accompanying language transactions during written language events involving children and adults. Illustrates register variance with the writing and drawing of a four-year-old and a first-grader. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Early Childhood Education, Interpersonal Communication