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Riissanen, Anne; Watson, Greg – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study (Note 1) investigates potential differences in language use between genders, by applying a modified model of thought representation. Our hypothesis is that women use more direct forms of thought representation than men in modern spoken British English. Women are said to favour "private speech" that creates intimacy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Knowledge Representation, Language Usage
Waite, Duncan – 1991
This report describes a "culturally contexted" conversation analysis approach to the study of naturally occurring speech in supervisory conferences. The supervisors and teachers were participants in a graduate program for beginning teachers, and the conference's purpose was supervisory evaluation of teachers' classroom performances. Ethnographic…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Conferences, Discourse Modes, Elementary Secondary Education