Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Author
| Berwick, Richard | 1 |
| Harley, Birgit | 1 |
| Liebscher, Grit | 1 |
| Mauchand, Maël | 1 |
| Olson, David R. | 1 |
| Pell, Marc D. | 1 |
| Reichert, Tetyana | 1 |
| Silva, David J., Ed. | 1 |
| Torrance, Nancy | 1 |
| Vergis, Nikos | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 4 |
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 2 |
| Books | 1 |
| Collected Works - General | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Canada | 6 |
| Japan | 2 |
| South Korea | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkMauchand, Maël; Vergis, Nikos; Pell, Marc D. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
In spoken discourse, understanding irony requires the apprehension of subtle cues, such as the speaker's tone of voice (prosody), which often reveal the speaker's affective stance toward the listener in the context of the utterance. To shed light on the interplay of linguistic content and prosody on impressions of spoken criticisms and compliments…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Cues
Reichert, Tetyana; Liebscher, Grit – Modern Language Journal, 2012
The goal of this article is to further our understanding of how learning opportunities are created in interactions. Based on a conversation analysis of peer interactions of foreign language learners, we investigate how the negotiation of expert positions among these learners affects this process. The focus of the analysis is on the relationship…
Descriptors: Interaction, Discourse Analysis, Novices, Expertise
Download full textTorrance, Nancy; Olson, David R. – 1982
The language of 29 Canadian children was sampled during the first two years of schooling in free conversations and in more formal school-like tasks as part of a three-year longitudinal study of the properties of oral language and their relation to other measures of cognitive, linguistic, and reading performance. The language samples were subjected…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Communication Skills, Discourse Analysis
Berwick, Richard – 1993
A study investigated the use of content-based tasks as central and peripheral in second language instruction. Specifically, it examined the relative effects of such tasks that were either central to the syllabus, as sources of knowledge or skills in their own right, or peripheral, as occasional source of language practice. The study was conducted…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedHarley, Birgit; And Others – Language Learning, 1995
Investigates the relationship between age of arrival in the second-language environment and a preference for prosodic versus syntactic cues to sentence interpretation in English. The study found that older English-as-a-Second-Language learners were just as likely as the younger ones to attend to prosody rather than syntax. (43 references)…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cantonese, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Silva, David J., Ed. – 1998
A collection of research in Japanese and Korean linguistics includes: "Repetition, Reformulation, and Definitions: Prosodic Indexes of Elaboration in Japanese" (Mieko Banno); "Projection of Talk Using Language, Intonation, Deictic and Iconic Gestures and Other Body Movements" (Keiko Emmett); "Turn-taking in Japanese…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Advertising, Bilingualism, Broadcast Television
