Tijdschrift voor Taalbeheersing - Volume 31, Issue 1, 2009

In journalistic text genres, clearly discernable representations of source text are ubiqituous, such as direct and indirect speech, but also mixed types of quotation such as free indirect speech and paraphrase can be found, in which the voices of journalist and source are much harder to tell apart. Analysis of various types of news texts about one and the same case shows that in news reports, direct or indirect speech are pre Read More

Is it possible to shorten an 80-item diagnostic writing ability test without a substantial loss in reliability and validity, and without a substantial reduction in the quality of the advices based on the scores of this test? The starting point of this psychometric-analytical study is a practical case: a formative writing ability test which has to be completed by accountants before they are allowed to follow an e-learning training program Read More

Quotation is a discourse phenomenon characterised by a textual relation of embedding. As a result, quotations are inherently ambiguous. The quoted source is basically liable for the content of the quotation, but due to several circumstances (such as the social position of the quoting and quoted source, the formal aspects of the way the quotation is embedded, and the function of the quotation) the liability may partly or ful Read More

Mariëlle Leijten (2007). Writing and Speech Recognition. Observing Error Correction Strategies of Professional Writers.