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Playful Punctuation in Primary Children's Writing
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Burrell, Andrew; Beard, Roger – British Educational Research Journal, 2022
The writing of three attainment groups of 10- to 11-year-old children was used to investigate their use of ludic (playful) punctuation in the composition of an advertisement for a new dessert. Framed within a consideration of language play in general, and children's use of punctuation in particular, the investigation revealed the ways in which…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Writing Assignments, Punctuation, Play