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Geoff D. Green II – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Due in part to its complex nature, there is still much to uncover in the investigation of the neural processes that contribute to synchronization between speakers and listeners during communication in the context of social cognition, specifically between native and nonnative English speakers and listeners. This study used a novel method of…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Brain, Cognitive Processes, Auditory Perception
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Jucks, Regina; Becker, Bettina-Maria; Bromme, Rainer – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
Overlaps with one's interlocutor in the choice of words are called lexical entrainment. This article looks at accounts for these overlaps in word use. The question addressed is the extent to which the word use of the addressee, as opposed to available words from other sources, has a special impact on experts' choice of words. A laboratory…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Experiments, Expertise, Health Education
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Brown-Schmidt, Sarah; Tanenhaus, Michael K. – Cognitive Science, 2008
Two experiments examined the restriction of referential domains during unscripted conversation by analyzing the modification and online interpretation of referring expressions. Experiment 1 demonstrated that from the earliest moments of processing, addressees interpreted referring expressions with respect to referential domains constrained by the…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Language Processing, Pragmatics, Experiments
Turner, Nigel E.; Katz, Albert N. – 1990
Conventionality can be defined as discourse used in its dominant or most familiar sense. In nonliteral language, the intended message is different from the overt message. It has been demonstrated that nonliteral language can be comprehended as rapidly as literal language if both are placed in linguistic context. A study examined whether this held…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Figurative Language, Language Processing
Hample, Dale; Dallinger, Judith M. – 1984
A study explored the degree to which people can capture the meaning of logical terms, using mental imagery. It was then hypothesized that: (1) subjects generally would fail to express logical relationships accurately, and (2) abstract images would be more difficult to capture than would concrete ones. Subjects, 25 college students, were asked to…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Communication Research, Comprehension, Higher Education
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Murray, Stephen O. – Language in Society, 1985
Contends that simultaneous speech is not necessary for the recognition of "interruption" by interlocutors. A speaker's "completion right" is validated by how long s/he has been speaking, how often s/he has spoken, the number of "points" s/he has made, and the rights of some speakers to speak about some topics. (SED)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Language Processing, Pragmatics
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Denny, Rita – Language in Society, 1985
Presents a conceptual framework for analyzing and interpreting turn exchange and speaking turns from two perspectives: that of the surface forms of turn taking such as smooth and simultaneous exchanges and that of an empirical analysis of the formal or underlying structure of a turn-taking system. (SED)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Language Processing, Pragmatics
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Lauer, Thomas W.; Peacock, Eileen – Discourse Processes, 1990
Provides a definition of comparison questions and shows how they relate to the semantic categories of two taxonomies for classifying questions, both of which omit comparison questions. Examines the comparison questions that auditors generate when they diagnose problems in a company. (SR)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Psychology, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis
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Landauer, Thomas K. – Discourse Processes, 1999
Contributes to communication theory and research by adding to a discussion of a computational model called latent semantic analysis (LSA). Argues that LSA does not handle all aspects of language processing, but offers a biologically and psychologically plausible mechanistic explanation of the acquisition, induction, and representation of verbal…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Language Processing
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Bestgen, Yves; Vonk, Wietske – Discourse Processes, 1995
Finds that temporal markers modify the availability of preceding words: segmentation markers like "around two o'clock" and "then" reduce this availability, whereas continuity markers like "and" improve this availability. Supports the hypothesis that segmentation markers lead readers not to integrate new information…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Language Patterns
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Ellis, Donald G. – Communication Research, 1996
Reports on linguistic features and patterns of coherence in mild and advanced levels of discourse of Alzheimer's patients. Argues and demonstrates that, as the disease progresses, patients' discourse becomes "pregrammatical"--vocabulary-driven and reliant on meaning-based discourse features rather than grammatically based features.…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Coherence, Communication Research, Language Patterns
Hample, Dale – 1983
Three studies investigated the effects of concrete versus abstract wording and negative versus positive premises on the difficulty subjects had in solving several kinds of reasoning tasks. Subjects for all three studies were college undergraduates who received booklets containing either hypothetical, disjunctive, or linear syllogisms. Each booklet…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Language Processing, Language Research
Van Kleeck, Anne; Hopper, Robert – 1980
The purpose of this analytical essay is to lay out some conceptual boundaries and distinctions about how children develop and use metacommunication (messages whose primary function is to make reference to or transform themselves or other messages). Two types of metacommunication are discussed: metalinguistic messages, in which there is a temporary…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Language Processing
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Graesser, Arthur C.; Franklin, Stanley P. – Discourse Processes, 1990
Describes the seven main components of QUEST, a cognitive model of question answering that attempts to simulate the answers adults produce when they answer different types of questions, both closed class and open class. Illustrates how the model could be applied to different types of knowledge structures, including causal networks, goal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Language Processing
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Golding, Jonathan M.; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1990
Tests the QUEST model of question answering in two experiments. Examines which components of QUEST could predict good answers to why-questions and how-questions in the context of short stories. Supports the validity of arc-search procedures and structural distance for both question categories. Finds only partial support for number of information…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Language Processing
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