Publication Date
| In 2025 | 1 |
| Since 2024 | 3 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 11 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 22 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 43 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 18 |
| Researchers | 14 |
| Teachers | 8 |
| Administrators | 1 |
Location
| Canada | 10 |
| United States | 6 |
| Australia | 5 |
| New York (New York) | 4 |
| Japan | 3 |
| United Kingdom (Great Britain) | 3 |
| Africa | 2 |
| Brazil | 2 |
| California | 2 |
| Finland | 2 |
| Florida | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Mean Length of Utterance | 3 |
| California Achievement Tests | 2 |
| Personal Report of… | 1 |
| Sixteen Personality Factor… | 1 |
| Wechsler Adult Intelligence… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedEvans, Tom; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1977
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Case Studies, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedAlvarez-Pereyre, Frank – Langue Francaise, 1977
A brief study of terms of address and reference in three examples of regional French of the departments of Sarthe and Mayenne. The questions raised in the study deal with ethnology, ethnolinguistics, popular or familiar French and traits of spoken French. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Ethnolinguistics, Ethnology, French, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedMiller, Michael D.; And Others – Communication Monographs, 1987
Indicates that communicator gender and cultural ancestry interacted to influence the intensity of language chosen. Reveals that men of Chinese and Japanese ancestry produced significantly more intense messages than did their female counterparts, while no significant differences were apparent between the messages produced by Caucasian men and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Cultural Background, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedHolmes, Janet – Language in Society, 1986
Describes a range of forms and functions expressed by "you know," as well as its use by women and men in a corpus of spontaneous speech. Interesting contrasts were found in the most frequent functions expressed by "you know" in female and male usage. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Females, Function Words, Intonation
Peer reviewedGuy, Gregory; And Others – Language in Society, 1986
Discusses a quantitative study of the use of Australian Questioning Intonation (AQI) in Sydney, which reveals that it has the social distribution characteristic of a language change in progress. The social motivations of AQI are examined in terms of local identity and the entry of new ethnic groups into the community. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Age Differences, English, Interpersonal Communication, Intonation
Peer reviewedKissack, Gardner – English Journal, 1985
Offers an appreciation of the work of Ring Lardner, and especially of his humorous use of the vernacular. Laments that so much of Lardner's writing is no longer in print. (RBW)
Descriptors: Authors, English Instruction, Language Patterns, Literary Devices
Peer reviewedJones, Pauline A.; McMillan, William B. – Child Development, 1973
Study was designed to examine social-class differences in speech as produced under three conditions varying from highly structured to a more natural linguistic setting. (Authors)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Kindergarten Children, Linguistic Competence, Lower Class
Fisher, Ian – Speech Teacher, 1973
Describes a research project on listening ability developed at Birmingham University, England. (RN)
Descriptors: Attention, Educational Research, Feedback, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewedGoldfarb, William; And Others – Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1972
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Children, Communication Problems, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedLabov, William – Language in Society, 1973
To be lame'' in Black English means to be outside of any vernacular peer group and its culture. (RS)
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Dialects, Diagrams, Inner City
Leeson, R. – Audiovisual Lang J, 1970
Identifies three types of pausing adn discusses their relevance to language teaching. (FB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Conversational Language Courses, Language Instruction, Language Rhythm
Dinoff, Michael; And Others – Psychol Rep, 1970
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Evaluation Methods
Fleming, Gerald – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1970
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Expressive Language, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedMorse, J. Mitchell – College English, 1970
Argues for a more active role for the college English instructor in helping students write and speak standard English more effectively. (SW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, English Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Skills
Peer reviewedNeer, Michael R. – Communication Education, 1982
Findings demonstrated that the reason students enrolled in a Speech Confidence Laboratory was to improve their speaking skills and to reduce their fear of speaking. Although findings indicated that the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA) was not the decisive factor influencing students' enrollment, the PRCA is an adequate…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Diagnostic Tests
