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Peer reviewedEgbert, Maria M. – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1990
An interview with the founder of the Second Language Research Forum covers personal experiences, a researcher's view of applied linguistics, and educating future researchers. (LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Interviews, Language Research, Researchers
Peer reviewedShirai, Yasuhiro – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1990
The relationship between prototype meanings and frequency of use is investigated with a view to establishing a foundation for the problem of "prototype acquisition." One polysemous basic verb, "put," is used in this study of native speaker discourse, and implications for both prototype theory and the acquisition of polysemy are…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Context Clues, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedWolfram, Walt – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1993
Reviews the rationale for and programmatic structure of two experimental language awareness programs and discusses some of the ethical issues requiring consideration in the implementation of such programs. These ethical considerations include the ethics of persuasion and need, the ethics of representation, the ethics of socio-educational change,…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Black Dialects, Dialect Studies, Ethics
Peer reviewedFatigante, Marilena; Fasulo, Alessandra; Pontecorvo, Clotilde – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1998
A qualitative study analyzed the distribution of participation by young children (ages 3-5) in family dinnertime conversation, focusing on "backstage talk," sequences adjacent to those in which the child is involved and within his auditory range, so that the child-projected participation-role alternates between that of addressee and overhearer.…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Family Environment, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewedGallego, Juan Carlos – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1990
A method for examining intelligibility is studied that involves recording undergraduates' immediate feedback on communication breakdowns, and then analyzing those breakdowns with English-as-a-Second-Language specialists. Pronunciation was found to be the major cause of unintelligibility. (10 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communication Problems, English (Second Language), Feedback
Peer reviewedField, Margaret – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1998
Examines the relationship between macro and micro perspectives on the organization of participation structure, and considers how both perspectives can be useful to the ethnographer of interaction. Examples are drawn from a study of Navajo preschool and supported by a substantial body of classroom ethnography in other Native-American communities.…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Environment, Ethnography, Group Dynamics
Peer reviewedSato, Edynn; Jacobs, Bob – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1992
Addresses, from a neurobiological perspective, the input-intake distinction commonly made in applied linguistics and the role of selective attention in transforming input to intake. The study places primary emphasis upon a neural structure (the nucleus reticularis thalami) that appears to be essential for selective attention. (79 references)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Attention, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes
