Elements of elaboration in working class writing.

Rushton, J.; Young, G.

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Publication Date: 1974

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Elements of elaboration in working class writing

Rushton, J.; Young, G.

Educational Research, 16, 3, 181-88, Jun 74

The aim of our investigation was to see whether the previous findings of consistent social class differences in language usage held good when writing and not speech was the mode of communication and a more rigorous control was exercised over the influence of essay topic upon language. (Author)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Essays, Language Usage, Middle Class, Sampling, Social Class, Social Differences, Tables (Data), Writing Skills

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