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Peer reviewedMcDonough, Kathleen M. – Behavioral Disorders, 1989
Analysis of the discourse of eight- and nine-year-old children with emotional disturbances as compared with that of non-emotionally disturbed peers found significant differences between the groups. The analysis focused on mean length of utterances and discourse error patterns. (MSE)
Descriptors: Children, Discourse Analysis, Emotional Disturbances, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedJohnson, Craig E. – Communication Education, 1987
Introduces the concept of powerful/powerless talk for instructors interested in incorporating this construct in their classrooms. Provides a brief summary of powerful/powerless talk literature. Offers guidelines for introducing these research findings into the curriculum. (AEW)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Courts
Wolfson, Nessa, Ed.; Judd, Elliot, Ed. – 1983
The following are included in this collection of essays on patterns of rules of speaking, and sociolinguistics and second language learning and teaching: "How to Tell When Someone Is Saying 'No' Revisited" (Joan Rubin); "Apology: A Speech-Act Set" (Elite Olshtain and Andrew Cohen); "Interpreting and Performing Speech Acts in a Second Language: A…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Students, Attitudes, Code Switching (Language)
