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Ronning, Robert – 1976
This paper attempts to distill John Dewey's theory of poetic compression and suggests its possible application as a technique that the performer can use to confront poetic language. Specifically, Dewey's discussions of modes of interaction in art and of the expanding and contracting character of language are used to illuminate the language of the…
Descriptors: Drama, Dramatics, Educational Theories, Higher Education
Raver, Sharon A. – 1988
Children with language delays often manifest low rates of self-initiated expressive language, particularly in school settings. Children with mild to moderate language delays appear to develop this pattern as a means of coping with situations in which they believe they are unable to perform or may perform poorly. Interactive language training…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Feedback, Interpersonal Communication, Language Handicaps
Rodman, Robert – 1975
Right dislocations are expressions of the following form: (1) "They told the Grand Jury a number of lies, the Nixon men." (2) "We find we have to limit our social schedule, my husband and I." (3) "Mary always wears a frown, the ugly witch." They are found also almost exclusively in the spoken language. This paper…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English, Language Patterns, Language Styles
Edwards, Viv – 1987
Current patterns of Patois (introduced by West Indian Creoles) as used by young Jamaicans in England is presented. Forty-five British-born individuals, aged 16 to 23, whose parents were Jamaican immigrants, participated in a study structured to elicit a wide range of speech patterns. Subjects differed greatly in educational background and in…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Creoles, Cultural Context, Diachronic Linguistics
Sodowsky, Roland E. – 1977
This paper reports on a study in which the speech and the writing of college freshmen were compared. Spoken samples were gathered from classroom discussion; written samples were taken from pieces written on the discussion material in a later class session. Spoken and written samples from an "A" student, a "B+" student, a "B" student, and a "C"…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, English Instruction
Ryan, Ellen Bouchard – 1975
Metalinguistic knowledge, or linguistic awareness, involves the ability to focus attention upon the form of language in and of itself, rather than merely as the vehicle by which meaning is conveyed. This ability to analyze language structures lags behind spontaneous speaking and listening performance because of the additional cognitive skills…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Reusser, Kurt – 1986
This paper reports research into the linguistic and extra-linguistic or social-cognitive structure of problem presentation contexts. The effects of textual and social syntax were investigated, including the specific structure of the problem text by which situations, processes, actions, and number relations are implicitly or explicitly expressed,…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Critical Reading, Deduction, Educational Sociology