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Fox, Barbara – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1999
Discusses language embodied by practice, or the interrelations among traditional areas of linguistics, such as grammar and semantics and conversational organization, on the one hand, and gesture and prosody on the other. Specific focus is on the role of prosody and gesture in turn-taking. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Body Language, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Interaction
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Obeng, Samuel Gyasi – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 2000
Examines how language attitudes are expressed in Legon, Ghana, a multilingual society. Focuses on the graffiti in male lavatories, which offers an interesting glimpse of some of the intergroup tensions existing within Ghanian society. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Akan, College Students, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)