Understanding development and proficiency in writing: quantitative corpus linguistic approaches

"This is a book about how written language develops in English. In particular, it is about what one particular methodology - quantitative corpus linguistics (QCL) - can (and can't) tell us about such development. We conceptualize writing development as occurring along two main axes: time a...

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Main Authors: Durrant, Philip 1976- (Author), Brenchley, Mark 1981- (Author), McCallum, Lee 1989- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press [2021]
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Summary:"This is a book about how written language develops in English. In particular, it is about what one particular methodology - quantitative corpus linguistics (QCL) - can (and can't) tell us about such development. We conceptualize writing development as occurring along two main axes: time and quality. Development across time is exemplified by the texts reproduced in Figure 1.1. These were both written by school children in England: one by a 7-year old child in Year 2 of their education; the other by a 16-year old child in Year 11"--
Physical Description:ix, 243 pages Diagramme 24 cm