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Direct linkFang, Zhihui; Schleppegrell, Mary J.; Cox, Beverly E. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2006
Developing academic, or school-based, literacy poses a significant challenge for many students, because the language through which academic subjects are presented is markedly different from the social language that students use in everyday ordinary life. This article focuses on one aspect of academic language, the functions of nouns and nominal…
Descriptors: Semantics, Grammar, Nouns, Elementary Secondary Education
