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Peer reviewedArgyle, Michael – Linguistics, 1973
Paper delivered at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, England, September 20, 1972. (DD)
Descriptors: Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Classification, Nonverbal Communication
Peer reviewedErvin-Tripp, Susan – Language in Society, 1976
The variety of syntactic forms for expression of directives is commented on. Data has been collected investigating the empirical distribution of formal variants across social features and predictability of the form of a directive if social features of its context are known. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Language Classification, Language Research, Language Usage, Language Variation
Peer reviewedIrvine, Judith T. – Language in Society, 1978
Ongoing change in Wolof noun classification is traced by comparing nineteenth-century linguistic evidence with modern sociolinguistic data. Upwardly mobile middle-aged men of high caste tend to reduce the noun class system, whereas other speakers tend to elaborate it. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: African Languages, Language Classification, Language Variation, Nouns
