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Peer reviewedFerrara, Kathleen; And Others – Written Communication, 1991
Examines the syntactic and stylistic features of an emergent phenomenon called Interactive Written Discourse (IWD), the written language occurring in simultaneous terminal-to-terminal typed dialogues. Finds that IWD is a naturally occurring register and a hybrid language variety, displaying characteristics of both oral and written language. Notes…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
