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Carroll, John M. – Language and Speech, 1980
Analyzes excerpts from eighteen of Robert M. Krauss's dialog transcripts in order to characterize the sequential and structural relations between naming and describing. Specifically, investigates how a referential description is shortened into a name through use, and what parts of antecedent descriptive phrases are selected to form the consequent…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis

Esposito, Anita – Language and Speech, 1979
The recorded conversations of 40 preschool children in small groups were analyzed for interruptions, overlaps, lapses, and gaps. Significant differences were found between heterogeneous and homogeneous groups for interruptions, with boys interrupting girls at a two to one ratio. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Early Childhood Education, Interaction Process Analysis