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Peer reviewedScotton, Carol Myers; Ury, William – Linguistics, 1977
A study of code-switching, the use of two or more linguistic varieties in the same interaction. Code-switching as interpreted in this study is a meta-interactional cue which is activated to signal a change in direction of the interaction. Such a response to the interaction process is considered significant. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cultural Influences, Interaction
Download full textDiez, Mary E. – 1983
A study examined variation in code choice in the same speakers in two contrasting situations--interorganizational and intraorganizational bargaining. Naturalistic interactions between teams of teacher's union bargaining agents, role-playing teachers, and school board members in the two settings were coded, using measures of structural and lexical…
Descriptors: Adults, Code Switching (Language), Collective Bargaining, Communication Research
Farrar, Mary Thomas – 1985
In a sociolinguistic study of five transcripts of high school discussions, two analyses were conducted. The first was a detailed qualitative analysis of the data, which combined paralinguistic features with three perspectives: a speech act analysis, a conversation analysis, and an interaction analysis. In the second, more quantitative analysis,…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Group Discussion, Interaction
Grujic, Zdenda; Libby, William L., Jr. – 1978
The present study was designed to investigate whether known intercultural differences in nonverbal behavior extend to specific nonverbal repertoires accompanying, and perhaps facilitating the act of speaking a verbal language. Conversations in the form of structured interviews between 48 French-Canadian, French-English bilinguals (24 males and 24…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Ellis, Rod – 1999
This book examines different theoretical perspectives on the role that interaction plays in second language acquisition. The principle perspectives are those provided by the Interaction Hypothesis, Socio-Cultural Theory, and the Levels of Processing Model. Interaction is defined broadly; it is seen as involving both intermental and intramental…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Interaction
von Raffler-Engel, Walburga; And Others – 1978
A pilot experiment aimed at discovering sex-specific language patterns as exhibited by males and females in conversation with same-sex and other-sex partners falsified the hypothesis frequently stated in the literature that males hold the dominant role in mixed-sex verbal interaction, at least in regard to college students. Twelve dyadic…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Human Relations
