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Peer reviewedBolozky, Shmuel – Journal of Linguistics, 1977
This paper deals with the tempo aspect of fast speech and the theoretical implications of increase in rate of speech. Constraints unique to fast speech and normal speech are discussed. Reductions and assimilations in fast speech are noted, and points are illustrated with examples from Hebrew. (CHK)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Discourse Analysis, Generative Phonology, Hebrew
JOOS, MARTIN – 1967
THIS STUDY OF LANGUAGE PRESENTS A SPECIFIC, SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION OF THE WAYS IN WHICH A SPEAKER ADJUSTS HIS MANNER OF SPEAKING ACCORDING TO THE CONTEXT IN WHICH HE EMPLOYS LANGUAGE. FOUR USAGE-SCALES OF "NATIVE CENTRAL ENGLISH" ARE INTRODUCED--AGE, BREADTH, RESPONSIBILITY, AND STYLE. A KNOWLEDGE OF THESE FOUR DIMENSIONS HOPEFULLY WILL OVERCOME…
Descriptors: English, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Role
Download full textCook, Margaret – 1974
This paper examines the speech performance characteristic of the college lecturer. One of the most organized forms of speech performance, the lecture functions as a referential monologue and has a necessarily topical focus. Specifically dealt with are the ways in which lecturers introduce new topics, link together topical utterances, and close out…
Descriptors: Colleges, English, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Ray, George B. – 1980
A study sought to determine what relationships existed between speech rate, speech pitch variation, speech loudness, and the personality assessments made by listeners. The subjects, 214 undergraduate speech communication students, listened to one of eight tape recordings made by a male speaker to represent all the combinations of the three…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Correlation, Factor Analysis, Higher Education
Marckwardt, Albert H.; Quirk, Randolph – 1964
This transcription of radio conversations on the English language between Albert H. Marckwardt and Randolph Quirk, jointly produced by The British Broadcasting Corporation and The Voice of America, indicates that American and British English have never been so different as people have imagined and that the dominant tendency has been toward…
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Cultural Influences, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects
Wolff, John U. – 1971
This volume is the first of two volumes of a basic elementary course in Indonesian (Malay). The aim of these materials is to prepare the student to communicate and read Indonesian as a native speaker does. The books are designed to be used with the help of a native-speaking informant who furnishes the model of speech for students to imitate. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comprehension, Grammar, Indonesian
Wolff, John U. – 1971
This volume is the second of two volumes of a basic elementary course in Indonesian (Malay). The aim of the materials is to prepare the student to communicate and read in Indonesian as a native speaker does. The books are designed to be used with the help of a native-speaking informant who furnishes the model of speech for students to imitate. The…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comprehension, Grammar, Indonesian
