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Peer reviewedChenoweth, N. Ann – Language Sciences, 1995
Examines the in-class essay as written by university freshmen to assess the extent to which students use formulaic expressions to minimize the cognitive burden of generating a coherent and adequate answer. Results show that students made extensive use of formulaic expressions and shaped their answers to reflect the way the information had been…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Modes
