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Download full textKochman, Thomas – 1979
This paper draws from a number of sources, from Muhammad Ali to TV commercials, to demonstrate the quite different conceptions that black and white Americans have of the meaning of boasting and bragging. For blacks, boasting and bragging are two distinct ways of speaking and communication. Boasting is a joking, playful verbal bahavior, not to be…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Blacks, Cross Cultural Training
Medina-Nguyen, Suzanne – 1978
A review of the literature on child language reveals little research on overgeneralization in the speech of the bilingual child. Questions arise regarding (1) the existence of interlingual overgeneralizations, and (2) the possibility that monolingual deviations and bilingual code switching might be forms of overgeneralization. Because a model for…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language)
Douaud, Patrick C. – 1982
The 75 Metis of Mission Metis, Alberta, exhibit three general types of linguistic behavior according to age. Traditional Metis, over 50, are trilingual in English, French, and Cree. Those aged 30-50 speak English and some Cree and understand but do not speak French. Those under 30 speak English. The Mission Metis English and Cree are not…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Canada Natives
CARROLL, JOHN B. – 1953
EMPHASIZING THE FIELD OF LINGUISTICS, THIS BOOK DESCRIBES THE HISTORY, SCOPE, PROBLEMS, AND CURRENT STATE OF THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE BOOK, DEVOTED TO LINGUISTIC SCIENCE, IS COMPRISED OF (1) EXPLANATIONS OF HOW LINGUISTIC SCIENCE COMPARES, FROM THE HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE POINTS OF…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Communication (Thought Transfer), Education, Information Theory
Crosthwait, Charles; Billiard, Charles E. – 1978
The purpose of the study reported here was: (1) to determine whether any predictable relationships exist between the spoken language patterns of individuals and those individuals' ethnic attitudes; and (2) to identify the degree of association present among various selected demographic factors, language patterns, and ethnic attitudes. The…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Blacks, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Images
Johnson, Fern L.; And Others – 1978
The research presented here is a descriptive account, consonant with ethnographic methods, of interactions between and among family members in selected segments of documentary, prime time and soap opera television programming. The analysis of each program format was based on kinship relationships of participants, topics of conversation involving…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Literary), Discourse Analysis, Documentaries, Ethnography
Verhoeven, Ludo, Ed.; de Jong, John H. A. L., Ed. – 1992
A collection of essays on first and second language proficiency from the fields of psychology and linguistics includes the following: "Modeling and Assessing Language Proficiency" (John H. A. L. de Jong, Ludo Verhoeven); "The Construct of Grammar in Early Language Development" (Folkert Kuiken); "Dimensions in Grammatical Proficiency" (Wim H. J.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
