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Drew, Paul; Holt, Elizabeth – Language in Society, 1998
Discusses some of the distinctive features of topic termination/transition sequences in conversation with which figurative closings are associated, focusing on how they reflect the participants' orientation to their moving to new topics. Interactional use of figurative expressions is considered in contexts where their use fails to secure topical…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Idioms, Interpersonal Communication, Language Patterns

Holmes, Janet – Language in Society, 1990
Examines the syntactic, semantic, and sociolinguistic features of a corpus of 183 apologies in New Zealand English, within the context of an interaction model with 2 intersecting dimensions, affective and referential meaning, attempting to relate the relative "weightiness" of the offense to features of the apology. (53 references)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence, Language Patterns

Newman, Michael – Language in Society, 1992
In an examination of pronominal disagreements, this study examined how speakers on certain television interview programs resolve problems of agreement with formally singular epicene antecedents. The form most frequently used is "they," and some forms found in written English hardly occur. (54 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Usage

Brown, Roger; Gilman, Albert – Language in Society, 1989
Shakespeare's use of Early Modern English in four major tragedies was analyzed to test a theory that power, distance, and the ranked extremity of a face-threatening act are the universal determinants of politeness levels in dyadic discourse. While affect strongly influenced politeness, interactive closeness had little or no effect on politeness.…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English Literature, Interaction, Language Patterns

Dubois, Betty Lou – Language in Society, 1989
In an investigation of the use of the word "hey" in pseudoquotations, invented quotations, in current English communication, tokens (n=26) were collected from public and commercial broadcasts and miscellaneous readings. A speaker uses quote formula + hey + pseudoquotation to dramatize and give emphasis to an important point. (72…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Styles, North American English

Winefield, Helen R.; And Others – Language in Society, 1989
Analysis of natural speech patterns occurring between a male psychiatrist and a female patient revealed how the patient's increased use of tag questions reflected her growing independence, self-confidence, and psychological adjustment. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Oral Language, Physician Patient Relationship

Rains, Charleen – Language in Society, 1992
Analysis of a sociolinguistic interview reveals repeated presentation of ideas, words, expressions, and structures. These recurrent devices and patterns increase the effect of arguments. The immediate purpose is the listener's acceptance of the speaker's views. There is also a concern to gain recognition of the speaker's opinion of self and his…
Descriptors: Interviews, Language Patterns, Language Rhythm, Language Styles

Smith, Michael K.; Montgomery, Michael B. – Language in Society, 1989
Analysis of headlines reporting the outcomes of professional and college football games revealed language use patterns involving transitive and intransitive verbs, phrase structure, alliteration and puns, and action verbs. It is suggested that continued use of a verb for winning or losing may lead to a change in its meaning. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Football, Headlines, Language Patterns, Language Styles

Lucas, 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

McDowell, John H. – Language in Society, 1983
Examines Kamsa ritual language and describes a model (based on accessibility, formalization, and efficacy) for specifying its semiotic constitution. (EKN)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Ethnography, Language Patterns, Language Research

Besnier, Niko – Language in Society, 1989
Examines the organization and function of information-withholding sequences, a conversational strategy used by participants in gossip interaction on Nukulaelae, a Polynesian Central Pacific atoll. Withholding sequences illustrate how ambiguity and repairs can be exploited to meet the communicative demands of particular interactional contexts. (62…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Malayo Polynesian Languages

Jones, Kimberly – Language in Society, 1992
In a comparison of men's and women's use of directives at a dance group meeting, little difference was found in the frequency with which they direct others, the targets of their directives, or the types of directives used. Directive usage cannot be adequately understood without considering the specific contexts in which the directives occur. (48…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context, Language Patterns, Language Usage

Wierzbicka, Anna – Language in Society, 1986
Direct links between Australian English and the Australian culture are drawn. The author proposes ways in which a linguistically precise and culturally revealing study of linguistic phenomena such as expressive derivation, illocutionary devices, and speech act verbs are related to Australian society, history, culture, and "national…
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Cultural Influences, English, Foreign Countries

Aronsson, Karin; Rundstrom, Bengt – Language in Society, 1989
Analysis of doctor-parent-child interactions in terms of facework and politeness theory revealed that discourse was a matter of continuous negotiation between participants. Doctors' provision of indirect and direct information to parents was best understood sequentially because they changed approaches according to parent understanding. (20…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory, Oral Language

Guy, Gregory; And Others – Language in Society, 1986
Discusses a quantitative study of the use of Australian Questioning Intonation (AQI) in Sydney, which reveals that it has the social distribution characteristic of a language change in progress. The social motivations of AQI are examined in terms of local identity and the entry of new ethnic groups into the community. (Author/SED)
Descriptors: Age Differences, English, Interpersonal Communication, Intonation
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