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ERIC Number: EJ279406
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-May
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Notes and Comments: Syntactic Complexity and Readers' Perception of an Author's Credibility.
Rafoth, Bennett A.; Combs, Warren
Research in the Teaching of English, v17 n2 p165-69 May 1983
Concludes that syntax as an isolated factor carries no special effects on the two factors comprising ethos--authoritativeness and character. (FL)
Descriptors: Authors, Credibility, Higher Education, Reading Attitudes, Reading Research, Syntax, Writing Research
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reader Text Relationship; Syntactic Complexity