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Download full textGentry, Larry – 1982
A study identified the homophones most commonly used in children's writing and showed how the relative use of specific homophones changes as writing skill develops. Homophones appearing in Rinsland's "A Basic Vocabulary of Elementary School Children," a vocabulary list compiled from a national sample of children's writing in grades 2…
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language), Research Methodology
