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Brown, Mary Helen – Western Journal of Speech Communication, 1985
Focuses on the relationship between storytelling and organizational socialization. Examines the form, subject matter, and functions of stories and concludes that stories serve as a means for members of an organization to express their knowledge, understanding, and commitment to the organization. (PD)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Correlation, Discourse Analysis, Employees
Whalen, Suzanne – Issues in Applied Psycholinguistics, 1985
Describes a study which attempts to place the problem of second language learning and use by bilingual children into a framework of double socialization through the analysis of mother-child and peer group interaction. Ukrainian and Greek second generation mothers and their children aged 5-6 years were observed in four sessions. (SED)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis
von Raffler-Engel, Walburga; And Others – 1978
A pilot experiment aimed at discovering sex-specific language patterns as exhibited by males and females in conversation with same-sex and other-sex partners falsified the hypothesis frequently stated in the literature that males hold the dominant role in mixed-sex verbal interaction, at least in regard to college students. Twelve dyadic…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Human Relations