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Johnstone, Barbara – Language in Society, 1991
Review of transcripts of supposedly invariant opinion surveys reveals, rather than suppressing their individual linguistic styles, interviewers make changes in scripted introduction and add unscripted answer-acknowledgments and commentary throughout interviews. Although this is a response to U.S. value of individuality in discourse, it conflicts…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Interviews, Language Styles, Language Variation