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Nico Lehmann; Vahid Mortezapour; Jozina Vander Klok; Zahra Farokhnejad; David Müller; Elisabeth Verhoeven; Aria Adli – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2025
We present a new corpus design for multi-lingual corpora that involve intra-speaker variation in different situational-functional contexts, including primarily spoken but also the written mode, with the aim towards enhancing language documentation efforts and resources. We illustrate how this comparative design and the resulting cross-culturally…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Computational Linguistics, Language Variation, Language Research
Franklin, Lauren R. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Speech is extremely variable along many different dimensions. One source of variability listeners often encounter is accented speech, in which phonological units can systematically differ from the listener's native categories. This dissertation presents five experiments testing how listeners adapt to accent-based phonological variability,…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Speech Communication, Language Variation, Phonology
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Elmahady Musa, Osman Rabaab; Subaiah, Sarvanan; Mohammed, Sharifa Bahia Afrin – Arab World English Journal, 2022
According to linguistic theory, conversational Implicature (CI) is the original intent of the speech expressed by a speaker. The assumption is that both the speaker and the receiver understand and respect the communication rules. In conversation theory, this is the significant component that has been the subject of discussion. This study…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Interpersonal Communication, Discourse Analysis, Speech Communication
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Barokova, Mihaela D.; Hassan, Sommer; Lee, Collin; Xu, Mengyuan; Tager-Flusberg, Helen – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: We aimed to compare the speech of parents and examiners as they elicited language samples from minimally and low-verbal (MLV) children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), while following the same semi-structured elicitation protocol, Eliciting Language Samples for Analysis-Adolescents (ELSA-A). We also compared the speech…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Language Skills, Children
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Lyskawa, Paulina; Nagy, Naomi – Language Learning, 2020
We examined case-marking variation in heritage Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian. Comparing heritage to homeland Polish and Ukrainian speakers, we found only a few types and a few tokens of systematic distinction between heritage and homeland varieties. A total of 6,291 instances of nouns and pronouns were extracted from transcribed conversations…
Descriptors: Slavic Languages, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Grammar
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Amalia, Mustika; Subandowo, Dedy; Faliyanti, Eva; Thresia, Fenny – English Language Teaching Educational Journal, 2018
This research examines the interpersonal meaning in Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY)'s speech. This is based on the details of speech or writing to define an investigation. The object of this research is the used moods and modality types in interpersonal meaning of SBY's speech under the title "Toward Harmony among Civilizations" by Dr.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Lim, Ni Eng – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Conversation Analysis (CA) has established repair (Schegloff, Jefferson & Sacks 1977; Schegloff 1979; Kitzinger 2013) as a conversational mechanism for managing contingencies of talk-in-interaction. In this dissertation, I look at a particular sort of "repair" termed TCU-continuations (or otherwise known increments in other…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Mandarin Chinese, Grammar, Syntax
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Kootstra, Gerrit Jan; van Hell, Janet G.; Dijkstra, Ton – Journal of Memory and Language, 2010
In four experiments, we investigated the role of shared word order and alignment with a dialogue partner in the production of code-switched sentences. In Experiments 1 and 2, Dutch-English bilinguals code-switched in describing pictures while being cued with word orders that are either shared or not shared between Dutch and English. In Experiments…
Descriptors: Sentence Structure, Word Order, Indo European Languages, Bilingualism
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Yule, George – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1989
An analysis is made of research focusing on how speaking and listening activities are relevant to the language classroom. Current thinking is reviewed on spoken language, with a focus on pronunciation, as a medium of information transfer and of interpersonal exchange. (66 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Language Research, Pronunciation, Second Language Instruction
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Wieder, D. Lawrence – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1999
Discusses resonances and basic issues of the four language and social interaction divisions of the National Communication Association and the International Communication Association: Ethnomethodology, Conversation Analysis, Microanalysis, and the Ethnography of Speaking (EM-CA-MA-ES). (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Interaction, Interpersonal Communication
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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Hartford, Beverly S. – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1993
Comembership, an aspect of social identity that involves specific attributes (e.g., race, ethnicity, gender), was investigated in faculty-student advising interviews. Student language indicates that role comembership may increase the complexity of the interaction by increasing the need to mark participant status. (Contains 18 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
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McNeill, David; And Others – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1994
This study compared the reactions of observers to discourses that presented "fitting" gestures with those in which the gestures were mismatched to the meaning of their associated phrase. It found that observers reported different meanings according to the gestures used. (nine references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Body Language, Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship
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Kendon, Adam – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1994
Reviews published research on the question of whether recipients of utterances pay attention to gesture and whether they alter their understandings of utterances in light of this. Examines both experimental and observational studies. (51 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Body Language, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Attitudes
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Sequeira, Debra-L. – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1993
Selected results from an ethnographic study of communication in an American Pacific Northwest church community are presented. The case illustrates patterns in the selection of linguistic options of personal address and that personal address choice is influenced by such factors as context, public/private meanings, and interlocutor beliefs.…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Ethnography, Interpersonal Communication, Language Research
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Bavelas, Janet Beavin – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1994
Reviews the theoretical and methodological background of specific research in gesture analysis. An argument is made for a functional approach to the study of gesture, pointing out that gestures may have several functions simultaneously. (41 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Body Language, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Attitudes
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