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Download full textLittle, Graham – 1975
Recording, narrative, exposition, and argument were hypothesized to present writing tasks of increasing cognitive and verbal complexity. This was investigated by obtaining writing samples in each mode from a stratified sample of 128 Australian sixteen year olds. The cognitive-complexity hypothesis was supported by data concerning the relative…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Expository Writing, Language Acquisition, Language Styles
