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Marcella, Rita; Binfield, Susan J. – Education for Information, 1996
Describes a project which investigated perceived differences in the oral communication of technical information, and whether discrimination of gender based upon these perceptions is accurate. Results showed significant gender difference and that respondents largely based their perception of gender on use of technical language or jargon. Manner and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Research, Gender Issues, Jargon
Sanders, Judi – 1997
An ethnographic study examined slang as spoken on campuses of two universities in the United States, one on the West Coast and one in the Midwest. Subjects were students from Intercultural Communication classes, who served as participant/observers and data gatherers. Subjects were instructed to collect slang terms that they heard on campus and,…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Research, Cultural Context, Discourse Communities