The Stability of T-Unit Length: A Preliminary Investigation.

Davis, Anne S.; Witte, Stephen P.

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The Stability of T-Unit Length: A Preliminary Investigation.

Davis, Anne S.; Witte, Stephen P.

Research in the Teaching of English, v14 n1 p5-17 Feb 1980

An analysis of descriptive and narrative passages written by 45 first-semester college freshmen early in the semester suggests that mean T-unit length is not a stable individual trait either within the descriptive mode or across description and narration. (GT)

Descriptors: College Freshmen, Descriptive Writing, Difficulty Level, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Narration, Research, Syntax, Writing (Composition), Writing Research

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Language: English

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