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Gross, Daniel D.; Gross, Timothy D. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1993
Investigates the changes in the nonverbal forms of written language, with specific attention to the art form of graffiti. Provides and analyzes data from a study of collected graffiti. Describes three phases of visible form in the historical development of graffiti. (HB)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Crismore, Avon – 1982
Like legal language, medical language is a private language, a separate stratum containing some words specially defined for medical purposes, some existing only in the medical vocabulary, and some adding precision or solemnity. These characteristics often cause a breakdown in patient-doctor communication. Analysis of data obtained from prototype…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Research, Comprehension, Interpersonal Communication