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On Answering Questions Indirectly: Some Rules in the Grammar of Doing Conversation
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Nofsinger, Robert E., Jr. – Human Communication Research, 1976
Presents several rules for conversational interpretation of indirect responses to questions. (MH)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Styles
The Language of Participation and the Language of Resistance
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Edelman, Murray – Human Communication Research, 1977
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Role, Language Styles
How Patients Communicate about Their Illness.
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Pettegrew, Loyd S.; Turkat, Ira Daniel – Human Communication Research, 1986
Presents results from two studies of how lower-back-pain patients communicate to health care providers. Suggests specific directions for future research. (MS)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Communication Skills
Communicative Functions and Strategies in Children's Conversations.
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Haslett, Betty J. – Human Communication Research, 1983
Using Tough's hierarchical analysis of language functions, this study found developmental differences in the communicative functions and strategies used by preschoolers in their conversations with one another. Generally found that females developed language strategies earlier than males and achieved a more advanced level of cognitive complexity…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Developmental Stages