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Peer reviewedVande Kopple, William J. – Written Communication, 1985
Concludes that readers recall syntactic subjects very poorly. Suggests that to understand more precisely how readers represent such subjects in memory, new and rich models of language and of possible domains in text will be needed. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English, Higher Education, Language Usage
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
Peer reviewedFinn, Seth – Written Communication, 1985
Results of two experiments revealed a significant correlation between function-word predictability and reader enjoyment and a strong correlation between content-word unpredictability and reader enjoyment. (FL)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Information Sources, Mass Media Effects, Models
