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Maria Goldshtein; Jaclyn Ocumpaugh; Andrew Potter; Rod D. Roscoe – Grantee Submission, 2024
As language technologies have become more sophisticated and prevalent, there have been increasing concerns about bias in natural language processing (NLP). Such work often focuses on the effects of bias instead of sources. In contrast, this paper discusses how normative language assumptions and ideologies influence a range of automated language…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Natural Language Processing
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Agnihotri, Rama Kant – Contemporary Education Dialogue, 2013
The basic questions that a scholar interested in the study of language asks are concerned with language structure, acquisition, and change. William Labov is a linguist who has deeply influenced the linguistic scene in the past 60 years. It is to Labov's credit that he showed, backed by solid evidence, that the questions concerning language change,…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Linguistic Theory, Ghettos, Disadvantaged
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Grainger, Karen – Language and Education, 2013
It is a long-standing and commonly held belief in the United Kingdom and elsewhere that the use of elite forms of language reflects superior intellect and education. Expert opinion from sociolinguistics, however, contends that such a view is the result of middle-class bias and cannot be scientifically justified. In the 1960s and 1970s, such…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language Variation, Language Usage, Middle Class
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Hastings, Sally O. – International Journal of Listening, 2009
This paper argues that the concept of E-Prime (E') holds practical benefits to effective listening for students of interpersonal communication. In advancing this argument, the paper includes a concise review of relevant literature on E-Prime, defensiveness, and conflict, with particular emphasis on verbal aggression. The literature demonstrates…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Listening Skills, Conflict, Verbal Communication
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Calve, Pierre – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1989
The conciseness and "ease of use" often attributed to North American English relative to French in standard contemporary usage is explained in terms of English morpho-syntactic structure and of the values of the classical norm and rhetoric affecting French. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, French, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns
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Eustace, Grant – English for Specific Purposes, 1996
Focuses on improving business writing to meet the demands for greater effectiveness and less bulk. This process can proceed most effectively by addressing structure and the use of language. A modular approach can increase the effectiveness of letters as well as reports and proposals. Clarity and brevity in style will also improve modern business…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business English, Change Agents, English for Special Purposes
Abrahams, Roger D. – 1970
Findings about black language and speaking behavior may help increase understanding and accommodation of black students in education. While something is known about Black English as a medium of communication, little is known about the language itself. The teacher must learn to recognize basic linguistic and performance features of black English,…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Black Dialects, Cultural Traits, Disadvantaged
Benander, Ruth – 1990
A study explored alternative ways of collecting data on cultural values as expressed in speech behaviors. It investigated perceptions of the use of compliments in American English interactions by five Japanese and five American women. Methods of data collection included, first, a questionnaire and then for comparison, interviews using items from…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits
Putz, Martin, Ed. – 1997
The collection of essays on language contact and language conflict includes: "Language Choices: Contact and Conflict?" (Martin Putz); "Language Ecology: Contact Without Conflict" (Peter Muhlhausler); "Towards a Dynamic View of Multilingualism" (Ulrike Jessner); "A Matter of Choice" (Florian Coulmas); The…
Descriptors: Arabic, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Creoles