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ERIC Number: EJ340128
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Effects of Status and Solidarity on Familiarity in Written Communication.
McMullen, Linda M.; Krahn, Ellen E.
Language and Speech, v28 n4 p391-402 Oct-Dec 1985
Investigates the hypothesis that letters to lower-status recipients would consist of a greater number of more familiar modes than letters to higher-status recipients and that letters to recipients of high solidarity with the writer would consist of a greater number of more familiar modes than letters to recipients of low solidarity with the writer. (SED)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Language Research, Language Styles, Letters (Correspondence), Social Cognition, Social Status, Sociolinguistics, Syntax
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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