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Written communication

General and comparative works on the Semitic alphabet and its ancient and modern derivatives, or with similar series of characters employed to represent the sounds of a language, are entered under Alphabet.

Here are entered works on written language as a form of communication or discourse.

Works on the process or result of recording language in the form of conventionalized visible marks or graphic signs on a surface are entered under the heading Writing. Works on the writing of a particular language are entered under the name of the language with subdivisions Alphabet and Writing, e.g. Greek language -- Alphabet; Egyptian language -- Writing. Works on systems of writing used by several peoples are entered under Writing, followed by the name of the system, e.g. Writing, Arabic.

Works on variations in the style of writing in the past, and especially with ancient and medieval handwriting, are entered under Paleography.

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• Writing Selves, Writing Societies: Research From Activity Perspectives (2003), ed. by Charles Bazerman and David R. Russell (PDF files with commentary at Colorado State)
• A Rhetoric of Literate Action (v1 of a "Literate Action" set, prepublication version, c2013), by Charles Bazerman (PDF files with commentary at Colorado State)
• A Theory of Literate Action (v2 of a "Literate Action" set, prepublication version, c2013), by Charles Bazerman (PDF files with commentary at Colorado State)
• The Written Language Bias in Linguistics (1982), by Per Linell (PDF with commentary in Sweden)
• The Private, the Public, and the Published: Reconciling Private Lives and Public Rhetoric (Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, c2004), ed. by Barbara Couture and Thomas Kent (PDF with commentary at usu.edu)
• Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum (fourth edition, c2006), by Art Young (PDF with commentary at Colorado State)
• Resisting Texts: Authority and Submission in Constructions of Meaning (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c1997), by Peter L. Shillingsburg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Toward A Taxonomy of "Small" Genres and Writing Techniques for Writing Across the Curriculum (c2011), ed. by Richard E. Young (PDF files with commentary at Colorado State)
• Se si debba avvicinare la lingua scritta alla parlata, o, La parlata alla scrita : dissertazione. (Milano : G. Truffi e Socj, 1836), by G. B. Grassi (page images at HathiTrust)
• A review of emergent literacy with implications for research and practice in reading / (Champaign, Ill. : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Cambridge, Mass. : Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., [1986]), by Jana M. Mason, JoBeth Allen, National Institute of Education (U.S.), Beranek Bolt, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading (page images at HathiTrust)
• The role of task representation in reading-to-write / (Berkeley, CA : University of California ; Pittsburgh, PA : Carnegie Mellon University, [1987]), by Linda Flower and United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement (page images at HathiTrust)
• Student achievement in Illinois : an analysis of student progress in language arts, 1985. (Springfield, Ill. : Illinois State Board of Education, [1986]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Creating publications : write to fight crime / ([Washington, DC] : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, [2000]), by National Youth Network (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Writing and reading in the classroom / (Berkeley, CA : Center for the Study of Writing, University of California, Berkeley ; Pittsburgh, PA : Carnegie Mellon University, [1987]), by James N. Britton and United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement (page images at HathiTrust)
• Individual differences in beginning composing : an orchestral vision of learning to write / (Berkeley, CA : University of California ; Pittsburgh, PA : Carnegie Mellon University, [1987]), by Anne Haas Dyson and United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement (page images at HathiTrust)
• Writing and reading : the transactional theory / (Champaign, Ill. : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, [1988]), by Louise M. Rosenblatt, United States. Dept. of Education, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading (page images at HathiTrust)
• Success of children at risk in a program that combines writing and reading / (Champaign, Ill. : Center for the Study of Reading, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, [1988]), by Gay Su Pinnell, United States. Dept. of Education, Berkeley University of California, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reading and writing as ways of knowing and learning / (Champaign, Ill. : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, [1988]), by William McGinley, Robert J. Tierney, National Institute of Education (U.S.), and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Wyoming / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Kentucky / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Utah / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Connecticut / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Montana / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for North Carolina / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Florida / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for New Mexico / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Oklahoma / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Maine / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Wisconsin / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Georgia / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Colorado / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Arkansas / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Virginia / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Arizona / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for New York / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Virgin Islands / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for California / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Delaware / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing state report for Rhode Island / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for West Virginia / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Louisiana / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Texas / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Maryland / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Tennessee / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Hawaii / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Department of Defense dependents schools / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for South Carolina / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Mississippi / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Washington / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for District of Columbia / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Alabama / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Oregon / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• NAEP ... writing report for Nebraska / (Washington, DC : U.S. Dept of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999-), by United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Assessment of Educational Progress (Project), and National Center for Education Statistics (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Write on Illinois!" : a users guide to scoring student essays. (Springfield, Ill. : Illinois State Board of Education, Program Evaluation and Assessment Section, [1984]) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The private, the public, and the published : reconciling private lives and public rhetoric / (Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2004), by Thomas Kent and Barbara Couture (page images at HathiTrust)

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