Comments on a previous article that deals with questions on researching language, and suggests that the assumption driving the arguments contained in that article is that social scientists typically possess a power-advantage over their research subjects. It is argued that such an assumption is implausible. (VWL)

Responds to an article dealing with issues of method in researching language, and addresses the question "what is research and why are linguists doing research?" (VWL)

Comments to a previous article focusing on power and method in linguistic research. It is suggested that the research approach highlighted in the article has indisputable merit, but that the blueprint is vague and difficult to know when to put into practice. (VWL)

Comments to a previous article focusing on power and method in linguistic research. It is suggested that the previous article does not succeed in bridging the gap between moral and metasocial considerations concerning the use of knowledge and similar considerations concerning mode of acquisition. (VWL)

Comments to a previous article focusing on power and method in linguistic research, recognizing the admirable motives advocated in the methodology put forth in the article and suggesting the need to address additional issues. (VWL)

Comments to a previous article focusing on power and method in linguistic research. It is suggested that the method of empowering research subjects can go seriously wrong and that no linguistic research can be driven by ideas of empowering or disempowering alone. (VWL)

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Comments to a previous article focusing on power and method in linguistic research or more specifically on empowering research participants. (VWL)

Comments to a previous article focusing on power and method in linguistic research or more specifically on empowering research participants. This comment suggests that understanding research talk can be facilitated by knowing something about the larger group of speech activities of which it is but one normal representative form. (VWL)

Comments to a previous article focusing on power and method in linguistic research or more specifically on empowering research participants. (VWL)

Responds to various positive and negative comments on an article focusing on power and method in linguistic research and describing a method for empowering research participants. (VWL)

Vygotskian psycholinguistics is not only compatible with current second-language acquisition (SLA) theory but also serves as productive example within which to conduct research and theory building. Three sections of the paper support the following claims: an overview of Vygotskian concepts, a summary of selected Vygotsky-based SLA research, and a…

The need for formal quantification of conversational analysis is discussed. Formal quantification provides grounds that a body of research be taken seriously and gives it a certain relevance. At the same time, the constraints inherent in working with naturally occurring events, such as conversations, make formal quantification difficult. (49…

Presents phrases and structures quoted from Melanesian families of the St-Louis tribe in New Caledonia. The system of preverbal markers in Tayo is not well developed and is subject to fluctuation. The use of preverbal markers does not follow the Tempus-Modus-Aspekt rules. (five references) (Author/JP)

Tested the prediction that "yes-no" questions that place forms of the copula "be" in initial position will also increase the rate of growth of children's copula verb development. Data from 33 children who were matched for stage of language development at 1;9 and 2;0 confirm that the frequency of inverted copulas in yes-no…