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Peer reviewedGarcia, Angela Cora; Jacobs, Jennifer Baker – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1999
Compares the turn-taking systems in computer-mediated communication (CMC) and oral conversation. The study is based on quasisynchronous CMC conversations between students in a college classroom.(Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedObeng, 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)
Peer reviewedBradac, James J.; And Others – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1995
Examines the lexical and syntactic choices made by men and women in 29 separate hour-long interactions within 29 groups, each consisting of 2 men and 2 women. Data analysis reveals that, although women use intensifiers more than men and men use more hedges, their overall language use does not reflect any difference in social power. (42 references)…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Students, Data Analysis, Discourse Analysis
