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Connelly, Vincent; Dockrell, Julie E.; Walter, Kirsty; Critten, Sarah – Written Communication, 2012
Writers typically produce their writing in bursts. In this article, the authors examine written language bursts in a sample of 33 children aged 11 years with specific language impairment. Comparisons of the children with specific language impairment with an age-matched group of typically developing children (n = 33) and a group of younger,…
Descriptors: Spelling, Handwriting, Written Language, Oral Language
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Hayes, John R.; Chenoweth, N. Ann – Written Communication, 2007
A number of studies have found that writers produce text in bursts of language. That is, when creating a text, writers produce a few words, pause, produce a few more words, pause, and so on. Chenoweth and Hayes (2003) hypothesized that language bursts occur when writers translate ideas in to new language. This study tested this hypothesis against…
Descriptors: Written Language, Memory, Editing, Writing Processes