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A Computer Text Analysis of Four Cohesion Devices in English Discourse by Native and Nonnative Writers.

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Reid, Joy – Journal of Second Language Writing, 1992

In a contrastive rhetoric study of nonnative English speakers, 768 essays written in English by native speakers of Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, and English were examined using the Writer's Workbench program to determine whether distinctive, quantifiable differences in the use of 4 cohesion devices existed among the 4 language backgrounds. (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Arabic, Chinese, Cohesion (Written Composition), Computer Software