Writing matters: Linguistic characteristics of writing in GCSE english examinations

English in Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 70-81

  Myhill, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clause structure; Linguistic features; Metalanguage; Ownership; Sentence structure; Writing

Indexed keywords

EID: 14744289836     PISSN: 04250494     EISSN: 17548845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.1999.tb00726.x     Document Type: Article

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