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Iordanou, Kalypso; Kuhn, Deanna – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
Is it important to hear positions opposing one's own from others who genuinely believe them? We examine whether the thinking of those who engage in discourse with peers who hold an opposing view benefit by hearing arguments favoring the opposing position expressed by individuals known to hold this position. We report on 131 young adolescents who…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Dissent, Middle School Students, Foreign Countries
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Tolins, Jackson; Zeamer, Charlotte; Fox Tree, Jean E. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2018
People overhearing referential communication understand more when they listen in on dialogues rather than monologues. Some have proposed this is because entrainment selects better referential expressions. In a corpus analysis, we considered the role of addressees in contributing to entrainment and measured the degree to which particular…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Listening Comprehension, Dialogs (Language), Literary Devices