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Meier, A. J. – Modern Language Journal, 1997
Examines the patterns found in repair-work behavior (e.g., apologies, excuses) in Austrian German as they relate to situational variables and cultural themes, using data collected from university students during closed role-play situations. Findings reveal a complex interplay of situational variables informing the repair-work behavior. (46…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, College Students, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries

Olynyk, Marian; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1987
Investigation of the use of five speech markers in the native and second-language production of French-English bilinguals (N=10) found no quantitative difference in the frequency of occurrence of speech markers between the high (N=5) and low (N=5) fluency speakers, although high-fluency speakers used more progressive than regressive marker types.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)