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Peer reviewedCoulter, Geoffrey R. – Discourse Processes, 1983
Examines the role played by relative clauses in American Sign Language. (FL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Sentence Structure
Peer reviewedNewman, Jean E. – Discourse Processes, 1985
Describes three experiments that explored the informational roles of emphasis and word order in active sentences. The results, when considered together, strongly implicate recentness, but not emphasis, as an important means of linking temporally contiguous sentences. (HTH)
Descriptors: Coherence, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Language Processing
Peer reviewedTanenhaus, Michael K.; Seidenberg, Mark S. – Discourse Processes, 1981
Describes three experiments that investigated the influence of a context sentence on the processing of a subsequent sentence. Concludes that context can affect within-sentence processes in comprehension. Test materials used in the experiments are appended. (FL)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension
Peer reviewedHinds, John – Discourse Processes, 1980
Discusses the ellipsis of major sentential elements as a pervasive grammatical phenomenon in Japanese conversation and demonstrates its relevance for current theories of discourse or text analysis. (FL)
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Japanese
Peer reviewedBiber, Douglas; Finegan, Edward – Discourse Processes, 1988
Identifies various speech styles of English as marked by stance adverbials. Indicates that the discourse functions of stance adverbials differ considerably from the functions suggested by their literal meanings. (JK)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Cluster Analysis, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedEhrich, Veronika; Kosler, Charlotte – Discourse Processes, 1983
Presents an experimental approach to the linguistic analysis of discourse organization. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, Discourse Analysis, Dutch, Language Research
