Social Class Differences in Language Predictability.

Poole, Millicent E.

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Social Class Differences in Language Predictability

Poole, Millicent E.

British Journal of Educational Psychology, 42 pt2, 127-36, Jun 72

In distinguishing the characteristics of message systems, it was found that middle-class messages were generally more difficult to predict while working-class systems were more predictable and stereotyped. (Author/MB)

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, Language Usage, Performance Factors, Predictive Measurement, Social Class, Social Differences, Sociolinguistics, Statistical Analysis, Tables (Data)

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