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Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1978
Lists competing forms in written French selected on the basis of three criteria: (1) expressions which can be written in two equally acceptable ways, (2) those in which the two forms differ slightly in meaning, and (3) those in which one form is considered correct but is now questioned. (MLA)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Standardization, Language Usage

Porter, D.; O'Sullivan, B. – System, 1999
Explores the effect of age of the intended addressee on the written performance of Japanese university students. Twenty-six female students each wrote letters to three people they knew from a recent study abroad program: one significantly older than themselves, one significantly younger, and one approximately the same age. Analysis of the…
Descriptors: Age, Analysis of Variance, Audience Awareness, College Students