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SWIGGETT, BETTY MITCHELL.

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A STUDY OF THE RELATION OF SYNTACTIC COMPLEXITY TO MODE OF DISCOURSE IN THE WRITING OF EIGHTH AND TWELFTH GRADERS.

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Title/Author:	A STUDY OF THE RELATION OF SYNTACTIC COMPLEXITY TO MODE OF DISCOURSE IN THE WRITING OF EIGHTH AND TWELFTH GRADERS./
Author:	SWIGGETT, BETTY MITCHELL.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 1981,
Description:	231 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-02, Section: A, page: 3870.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International43-02A.
Subject:	Language arts. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=8210941

A STUDY OF THE RELATION OF SYNTACTIC COMPLEXITY TO MODE OF DISCOURSE IN THE WRITING OF EIGHTH AND TWELFTH GRADERS.
SWIGGETT, BETTY MITCHELL.

A STUDY OF THE RELATION OF SYNTACTIC COMPLEXITY TO MODE OF DISCOURSE IN THE WRITING OF EIGHTH AND TWELFTH GRADERS. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1981 - 231 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-02, Section: A, page: 3870.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 1981.

The purposes of the investigation were (1) to examine the relation of syntactic complexity to mode of discourse in the writing of eighth and twelfth graders, (2) to determine if variations were related to grade, socioeconomic status, and race, and (3) to compare performance on a rewriting task, the Syntactic Maturity Test (SMT), with performance in writing, by mode and across modes.Subjects--Topical Terms:

532624
Language arts.

A STUDY OF THE RELATION OF SYNTACTIC COMPLEXITY TO MODE OF DISCOURSE IN THE WRITING OF EIGHTH AND TWELFTH GRADERS.
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520 $a The purposes of the investigation were (1) to examine the relation of syntactic complexity to mode of discourse in the writing of eighth and twelfth graders, (2) to determine if variations were related to grade, socioeconomic status, and race, and (3) to compare performance on a rewriting task, the Syntactic Maturity Test (SMT), with performance in writing, by mode and across modes.
520 $a Study participants were 100 eighth graders and 100 twelfth graders, with an equal number of subjects by sex and with a racial proportion of 60% white and 40% black. Socioeconomic status was based on the occupational ranks of both parents, using the Minnesota Scale for Paternal Occupations to form three levels: upper middle class (I-II), lower middle class (III-IV) and lower class (V-VII). Subjects wrote one composition each in the transactional and poetic modes and rewrote the SMT. Average sample lengths for writing in two modes were 495 words on grade 8 and 624 words on grade 12.
520 $a Scores were computed for seven measures of syntactic complexity: mean T-unit length, mean clause length, clauses per T-units, noun, adjective, and adverb clauses each per 100 T-units, and participles per 100 T-units. The data were analyzed using a 2 x 2 x 3 x 2 mixed design with repeated measures on the first factor. Independent variables were mode, grade, socioeconomic status, and race. Likewise, scores on dependent measures were secured for the SMT and were analyzed using a 2 x 3 x 2 factorial design. Independent variables were grade, socioeconomic status, and race. Correlation analysis of scores on the SMT and writing was conducted to determine the predictive efficiency of the SMT for writing.
520 $a The results showed that transactional writing was more syntactically complex than poetic writing. Higher scores on all indices except the participial ratio occurred with transactional writing. However, increases between grades in the structures most characteristic of older writers--clause length, T-unit length, the adjective clause ratio, and the participial ratio--were better reflected in poetic writing. Clause length and the participial ratio discriminated between socioeconomic status groups in both modal-based writing and on the SMT. Significant differences by socioeconomic status occurred also with T-unit length on the SMT. . . . (Author's abstract exceeds stipulated maximum length. Discontinued here with permission of school.) UMI.
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