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Chilingaryan, Kamo; Lutskovskaya, Larisa – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The article focuses on practical experiment on perception of argumentative nature of court opinions by non-native speakers. Several argumentative frames most frequently used in the texts of court opinions are identified and described in the article. The article also aims at analyzing the distribution characteristics of the identified frames. Text…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Court Litigation, Discourse Analysis, Judges
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Agada, John – Library and Information Science Research, 1987
A study was conducted at Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria) to determine whether library science students were less assertive than their counterparts in the law and liberal arts schools. An attitude index administered to 100 undergraduate students showed no significant differences among the assertion levels of the three groups. The questionnaire is…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Attitude Measures, Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations
Smith, Timothy H.; McGroarty, Daniel – 1987
A study compared the attitudes toward change held by students preparing for careers as teachers, nurses, medical doctors, and lawyers. It was hypothesized that: (1) education majors are less likely to be open to change than other students; (2) education and nursing ("semi-professions") majors are less likely to be open to change than other…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), College Students, Comparative Analysis, Education Majors