A multidimensional perspective on written language development (Una perspectiva multidimensional del desarrollo del lenguaje escrito)

ABSTRACT The development of writing is pivotal in the educational and communicative growth from childhood to adulthood. This special issue harnesses studies that examine the development of text writing in different discourse genres and languages, showcasing a set of text-embedded features that function as the blueprint for children’s evolving writing ability. These studies focus on both word-level and text-level features; a range of discourse genres; different language domains marked as indicators of writing quality; explanatory factors of writing quality; and a crosslinguistic scope encompassing language typology, the developmental span of writing and writing difficulties. The multidimensional perspective taken in this themed issue addresses the particular and universal aspects underlying the development of writing.