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The Role of Prior Message Context in Evaluative Judgments of High- and Low-Diversity Messages.

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And Others; Bradac, James J. – Language and Speech, 1977

Reports on two studies exploring the contrast effects in judgments of messages exhibiting high or low lexical and syntactic diversity. Suggests that listeners are sensitive to variations in lexical diversity but not syntactic diversity. (RL)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Language Patterns, Language Processing, Language Research

Men's and Women's Use of Intensifiers and Hedges in Problem-Solving Interaction: Molar and Molecular Analysis.

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Bradac, James J.; And Others – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1995

Examines the lexical and syntactic choices made by men and women in 29 separate hour-long interactions within 29 groups, each consisting of 2 men and 2 women. Data analysis reveals that, although women use intensifiers more than men and men use more hedges, their overall language use does not reflect any difference in social power. (42 references)…

Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Data Analysis, Discourse Analysis