Research Views: Uses of Speech.

Guthrie, John

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ERIC Number: EJ225372

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Publication Date: 1980-Feb

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Research Views: Uses of Speech.

Guthrie, John

Reading Teacher, v33 n5 p624-26 Feb 1980

Describes five classifications of language usage (representatives, directives, expressives, commissives, and declarations). Suggests that teaching reading comprehension is a matter of helping children understand these uses of language. (RL)

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classification, Elementary Education, Language Usage, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Skills, Teaching Methods

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Language: English

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