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Peer reviewedBlum-Kulka, Shoshana – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1994
A study of 68 children's contributions to dinner talk showed that, among Jewish American, Israeli, and American Israeli families, children have less access to the floor than adults. In the two Israeli groups, children were exposed more to topics raised by mothers than by fathers; the reverse was true for Jewish American families. (Contains 65…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Modes
Peer reviewedChen, Ling; Cegala, Donald J. – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1994
Applies communication accommodation theory (CAT) to a study of the utility of selected discourse indices of adaptability that compared conversations involving native speaker-native speaker and native speaker-nonnative speaker dyads. Subjects were 132 student volunteers from a large midwestern university. Results are analyzed in terms of their…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis
