Those Terrible Marks of the Beast: Non-Standard Dialect and Children's Writing.

Williamson, John; Hardman, Frank

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ERIC Number: EJ559626

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Publication Date: 1997

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Those Terrible Marks of the Beast: Non-Standard Dialect and Children's Writing.

Williamson, John; Hardman, Frank

Language and Education, v11 n4 p287-98 1997

Examines a wide range of writing tasks of 11- and 15-year-old students from four regions of England to establish the relative importance of nonstandard dialect as a factor in deviation from standard English norms in writing. (Author/JL)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Childrens Writing, Foreign Countries, Nonstandard Dialects, Regional Dialects, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Standard Spoken Usage, Task Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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