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Peer reviewedTsui, Amy B. M. – Language in Society, 1989
Examination of the descriptive power of the adjacency pair as a basic unit of conversational organization proposes that the three-part exchange, a very important element of conversational interaction, is more adequate than the adjacency pair as a basic unit of conversational organization. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Interaction, Language Patterns, Oral Language, Phrase Structure
Peer reviewedKeshavarz, Mohammad Hossein – Language in Society, 1988
Provides a sociolinguistic account of the forms of address used in present-day Iranian Persian. The shift from power to solidarity as a result of the Islamic Revolution has resulted in a sociolinguistic simplification of address forms. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Persian, Social Change
Peer reviewedTaylor, M. Ean – Language in Society, 1987
The nonuse of slang terms for cash among British bank and building society cashiers is noted and an explanation sought in the field of social control. The possible relevance of the Whorfian hypothesis is explored, and it is suggested that the in-house terms discussed have social, psychological and representational functions. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Banking Vocabulary, English, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedLucas, Ceil; Valli, Clayton – Language in Society, 1991
Reports on one aspect of an ongoing study of language contact in the American deaf community. The ultimate goal of the study is a linguistic description of contact signing and a reexamination of claims that it is a pidgin. Patterns of language use are reviewed and the role of demographic information in judgments is examined. (29 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Demography, English
Peer reviewedSmith, Norval S. H.; And Others – Language in Society, 1987
Four hypotheses explaining the origin of Berbice Dutch, a Dutch-based Creole language spoken in the county of Berbice in Guyana, are explored. The most likely explanation is that the language was first spoken by Berbice slaves as a means of expressing the identity of a newly created "ethnic" group. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Creoles, Dialects, Dutch, Ethnicity
Peer reviewedBarbour, Stephen – Language in Society, 1987
Examination of the West German language and society suggests that the notion that the West German indigenous working class is separated from the middle class by a linguistic barrier is invalid. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Dialects, Foreign Countries, German, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedLippi-Green, Rosina L. – Language in Society, 1989
The quantification of communication network integration provides valuable information for the study of language change in very small rural communities such as Grossdorf, Austria. The approach is particularly relevant when study of aggregate group behavior has failed to yield results due to small sample size or group internal inconsistency. (26…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Dialects, Foreign Countries, German
