written form

collocation in English

meaningsofwrittenandform

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written
adjective
uk
/ˈrɪt.ən/us
/ˈrɪt̬.ən/
expressed in writing, or ...
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form
noun
uk
/fɔːm/us
/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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(Definition ofwrittenandformfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwritten form

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Note, however, the colloquial spoken/writtenformouta for out of, where the two parts are contracted into a simple preposition.
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The same test items presented in an oral orwrittenformand responded to in the same manner led to consistent differences in performance.
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Because of the social significance of writing, the use of urban vernaculars inwrittenformin particular may serve as a form of social legitimation.
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However, while presenting materials inwrittenformtakes care of the phonological decoding problem, it creates another problem.
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Without such mediation, the mere bond to their spoken name would not cause children to learn about itswrittenform.
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This is in general a complex task since thewrittenformof any language is at best an imperfect representation of the corresponding spoken forms.
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Because sign languages have no standardwrittenform, it can be difficult to make sign language data accessible to sign-naive audiences inwrittenform.
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The instructions were explained by the experimenter and then repeated in awrittenformon the computer screen before the experiment started.
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Such arguments almost seem to be predicated on the assumption that children learn their language from itswrittenform, rather than its spoken form.
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As of the very first session, they processed thewrittenformof the words through copying and silent reading tasks.
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In brief, only the oral-written group makes any advance when faced with thewrittenformof a word.
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As a result, what may have seemed like a whole new approach to thewrittenformmay simply fizzle out within a few years.
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On the other hand, if they know a word inwrittenform, it is possible that they will not also know it in spoken form.
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Decoding thewrittenformis easier than decoding the phonological form and imposes less of a processing load.
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The words were presented inwrittenformin a random order (the same random order was used for all subjects).
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In their own languages thewrittenformis often radically different from the spoken form.
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A number of participants expressed the wish to recount their stories, often inwrittenform.
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It consisted of a shortwrittenformrequiring a choice among four alternatives replacing one word in each of 32 sentences.
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As he himself acknowledges, such emphasis on thewrittenformis at odds with received linguistic wisdom, which sees the spoken form as primary.
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