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Personality and Language: A Restatement.

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Guiora, Alexander Z.; Acton, William R. – Language Learning, 1979

Presents a restatement of the three basic constructs of "language ego,""language ego boundaries," and "permeability of language ego boundaries," discusses interdisciplinary "borrowing" of constructs, and examines the question of theory validation. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Language, Language Research, Linguistic Theory

Second Language Interpersonal Communication: Paradigm and Praxis.

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Acton, William R. – Language Learning, 1983

Addresses one problem brought about by the confusion around the concept of communicative competence and the communicative approach to second language teaching. Considers the belief that communication, as opposed to language, should be the conceptual center of second language instruction, and then suggests a framework for representing the…

Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communicative Competence (Languages), Creative Activities, Language Research