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Means, Barbara; And Others – 1980
A study was designed (1) to test whether adult writing is superior to adult speech in terms of organization and content and (2) to assess college students' ability to discriminate between passages differing in quality. Written and spoken passages that compared and contrasted two entities were elicited from college students and adult professionals.…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Expository Writing
