Sense of audience and the adult writer: A study across competence levels

Reading and Writing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-137

  Gregg, Noel ^a   Sigalas, Susan A ^a   Hoy, Cheri ^a   Wisenbaker, Joseph ^a   McKinley, Carolyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Roosevelt Warm Springs Inst Rehab   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult writers; Learning disabilities; Sense of audience; Written expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009923872     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00423929     Document Type: Article

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