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ERIC Number: EJ291279
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Oral Language Functions in Transaction with Children's Writing.
Hoffman, Stevie; McCully, Belinda
Language Arts, v61 n1 p41-50 Jan 1984
Considers register (factors that vary in situational contexts and produce differences in meaning intent and meaning exchange) variance with its accompanying language transactions during written language events involving children and adults. Illustrates register variance with the writing and drawing of a four-year-old and a first-grader. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Early Childhood Education, Interpersonal Communication, Language Usage, Oral Language, Writing (Composition), Writing Readiness
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Registers (Linguistics)
Note: Thematic issue ("Social Aspects of Language")