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Peer reviewedOlson, David R. – Journal of Communication, 1977
Looks at the structures of childrens' oral language or "mother tongue" and the structures of adult literate prose and emphasizes the alternate conceptions of reality that those languages sustain. (MH)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Knowledge Level, Speech Communication
Peer reviewedGruner, Charles R.; And Others – Journal of Communication, 1967
The authors studied the vocabulary of speech and writing of 45 college students to develop a list of the 25 most frequent words and to compare this list with similar lists by earlier investigators. They used a type-token ratio to aid determination of the similarities and differences between spoken and written vocabularies. Nineteen of the 25 words…
Descriptors: College Students, English, Nouns, Speech Communication
Peer reviewedMartyna, Wendy – Journal of Communication, 1978
Attempts to determine whether "he" is an adequate generic term which can refer to males as well as females, and concludes that "he" is not effective in serving its generic function and should be replaced. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Language Role, Males
