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Cronen, Vernon E.; Pearce, W. Barnett – 1978
The theory of the coordinated management of meaning (CMM) describes the structural relationship between a conversation as it appears in a verbatim transcript and as it appears in the meaning-system of the participants. The five essential features of CMM theory are: a set of four propositions about the nature of communication and human behavior, a…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Patterns
Hecht, Michael L. – 1978
To examine the effects of the contextual variables of relationship intimacy and time on communication satisfaction, a study was undertaken involving 252 college freshmen. The subjects participated in one of two treatments. In the first, they were randomly paired and participated in social conversation for 15 minutes. Following the conversation,…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, Higher Education
Corsaro, William A. – 1978
Little is known about how children gain interpersonal access in settings where adults are not present or are unavailable. This study sought to describe children's strategies for access into and withdrawal from peer interactive episodes in a nursery school. Data were collected from direct observations of two groups of children. One group attended…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis