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Grayshon, Matthew C. – 1980
Different languages code messages in different ways and use different channels for sending messages; thus there are many places for misinterpreting and mishearing messages in an intercultural context. To move from one language to another requires a description of the total language communication system, one that has its universals in social and…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Differences, Language Classification, Language Research
Download full textGranger, Robert C.; Crane, Judith – 1977
This study compares the ability of 37 Standard-English-speaking graduate students to comprehend Black English versions of a set of 45 utterances with the ability of 37 comparable students to comprehend Standard English versions of the same utterances. Of the two stimulus tapes used (consisting of 45 sentences each), one was recorded in Black…
Descriptors: Adults, Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Graduate Students
Kopczynski, Andrzej – 1982
Conference interpreting is an oral impromptu activity. Since texts delivered at conferences range from unprepared oral texts to prepared written texts, there can be clashes between the impromptu features of conference interpreting and features of prepared written texts. Knowledge of the field of discourse and of the predictability of text…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Conference Papers, Connected Discourse
Faerch, Claus; Kasper, Gabriele – 1982
The need for an analytical approach to the study of phatic, metalingual, and metacommunicative functions in asymmetrical communicative situations (between native speakers and language learners) is discussed. The study presents theoretical frameworks for gambits and repairs, the linguistic phenomena that primarily serve those functions, and…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis
Charrow, Veda R.; Crandall, Jo Ann – 1978
The simplification of legal language is required by President Carter's Executive Order requiring "clear and simple English" in government regulations. A major problem in the simplification process is the absence of any adequate description or classification of legal language. This paper defines some specific features of legal language,…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language Research, Language Standardization
Cornali, Sandra Galli – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (Tranel), 1998
Scaffolding strategies occurring in interactions between speech pathologists and migrant children are discussed. Various contexts and strategies are first defined, and the role of the concept of scaffolding in different types of research is examined. Finally, a corpus of therapist-child interactions is analyzed, focusing on problems of mutual…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Techniques, Comprehension, Foreign Countries
Tsiouris, Evanthia – 1990
A study of Greek speakers' ability to understand and produce two varieities of codes--Katharevousa (K) and Demotic (D)--is reported. The investigation was undertaken to provide evidence supporting or refuting the Greek government's decision to legislate Demotic as the official language of the country. A sample of 545 informants were tested with a…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diglossia, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries
