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Hardison, Debra M. – 1992
A study investigated the role of pragmatics, the factors that govern choice of language in social interaction, on interpretation of elliptical verb phrases (VPs) in spoken English by learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Ellipsis requires the listener to recall the surface form of a presupposed element and to integrate it into the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Language Research
Alme, Ann-Marie – 1985
A study of overt audible speech behavior in eight male and one female Swedish adults examined the relationship between disfluency and speaking modality, disfluency type in mild versus severe stutterers, and disfluency and psycholinguistic variables. Three conditions of experimental manipulation were used: reading aloud, reading the longer lines of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dialogs (Language), Error Patterns, Form Classes (Languages)