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Tree, Jean E. Fox; Tomlinson, John M., Jr. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
A comparison across spontaneous speech collected in the 1980s and the 2000s reveals a dramatic flip between the use of "said" versus "like" as enquoting devices. The greater use of "like" is reflected in a wide variety of quotation types including reported speech, thoughts, exclamations, and sounds. There is no…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Language Usage, Semantics, Language Patterns
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He, Agnes Weiyun – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1995
This article concerns some undergraduate students and their academic counselors in a university in California, where a student usually takes the initiative in contacting a counselor. The author sketches his approach to the problem of identity in institutional settings and then addresses several aspects of the problem. (43 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: College Students, Data Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Patterns
CARTERETTE, EDWARD C.; JONES, MARGARET H. – 1965
THE EXTENT TO WHICH REDUNDANCY OF LANGUAGE AFFECTS THE DIFFICULTY OF LEARNING VERBAL MATERIALS FOR CHILDREN OF SEVERAL AGES WAS STUDIED. SAMPLES OF SPOKEN LANGUAGE APPROPRIATE TO CHILDREN OF FIRST, THIRD, AND FIFTH GRADES AND ADULTS (AS REPRESENTED BY JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS) FROM SIMILAR SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS WERE COLLECTED BY MEANS OF A TAPE…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition