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Sherblom, John; La Riviere, Conrad – 1987
In order to investigate speech accommodation--the way in which communicators influence each other's speaking patterns and rhythms--a study examined its occurrence, as well as the extent of a conversational partner's influence, and the influence of interpersonal uncertainty and differences in arousal level upon that accommodation process.…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Higher Education, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication
Vangelisti, Anita L. – 1985
A study was conducted to describe the speech patterns of four adolescent girls. All four subjects were in the same eighth grade class and knew each other. Approximately 19 hours of observational data and 9 hours of interview data were collected. The descriptive framework of D. Hymes (1972), which focuses specifically on settings, participants,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Communication Research
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Esposito, Anita – Language and Speech, 1979
The recorded conversations of 40 preschool children in small groups were analyzed for interruptions, overlaps, lapses, and gaps. Significant differences were found between heterogeneous and homogeneous groups for interruptions, with boys interrupting girls at a two to one ratio. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Early Childhood Education, Interaction Process Analysis
Angermeyer, Matthias C.; Hecker, Hartmut – 1980
A study of formal communication in 30 families each with a schizophrenic son and 28 families, each with a "normal" son was conducted in Germany. By means of factor analysis four types of formal speech behavior were identified using musical terminology: "staccato," a highly fragmented flow of conversation with high turnover rate; "solo" in which…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Research, Family Relationship, Family (Sociological Unit)
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Paddock, John R.; Nowicki, Stephen, Jr. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1986
Clinically depressed persons and dysphoric normals have a negative impact on others. This study attempted to identify what about the dysphoric paralinguistic style creates the aversive impact experienced by others. Results suggest that soft, flat tones, with long pauses and variable loudness and pitch were significant. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances, Higher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
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Stech, Ernest L. – Human Communication Research, 1979
Examines a grammar of conversation using three units of analysis: talk acts (statements, questions, agreements, and disagreements); turns at talk; and topic sequences. Rules covering the use of talk acts and definitions of units of analysis provide the basis for propositions about the location of categories of talk acts. (JMF)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Grammar
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Ciolek, T. M.; And Others – Sign Language Studies, 1979
References to the study of behavioral organization of face-to-face interaction are arrranged in alphabetical order by author. A subject classification of works in the bibliography is appended. (EJS)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, Group Dynamics
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Jordan, William J.; Powers, William G. – Human Communication Research, 1978
Presents a study examining the effect of high and low communication apprehension in conjunction with social and personal settings upon verbal behavior. Stepwise multiple discriminant analysis of the data indicates several language variables that discriminate between the high apprehensive-personal setting group and the remaining groups. (JMF)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research, Communication Skills
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Kendon, Adam – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Traces the development of an approach to studying face-to-face interaction that proposes to expound the rules or procedures of interaction and to account for observed behavior in terms of how it functions as a communicational system. A selective literature review and recommendations for further study are included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, Group Dynamics, Interaction Process Analysis
Genova, B. K. L.; Miller, Gerald R. – 1973
This study tested two primary hypotheses concerning the effects of mispronunciation on the ratings of source credibility. First, as the number of mispronunciations presented by a speaker increases, audience ratings of source credibility will decrease. Second, the effects hypothesized in the first statement will be stronger for audiences at a more…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavioral Science Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Credibility
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Fitzpatrick, Mary Anne; And Others – Family Relations, 1982
Outlines conceptual distinction among avoidance, cooperation, and competitive conflict resolution strategies used by marital partners. Couples (N=43) were audiotaped as they discussed previous disagreements. Found the temporal aspects of speech, including turn-taking and interruptions, need to be considered in the study of couples' conflict…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Competition, Conflict Resolution
Garnica, Olga Kaunoff – 1977
This study investigated the linguistic characteristics of speech addressed to the child and the features of the verbal environment critical for learning language. The study focused on the prosodic and paralinguistic features of adult speech to the young child. Adult speech directed to children was compared to other kinds of systematic speech…
Descriptors: Child Language, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Lifshitz, Paltiel; Shulman, Gary M. – 1980
In an experiment studying the relationship between reciprocity and compensation in dyadic communication, 96 male college students were videotaped during hypothetical problem solving situations. An attitude scale was used to manipulate subjects' impressions of mutual similarity. Time was used to test development in the dependent variables…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Communication Research, Congruence (Psychology)
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Fisher, Eunice – Language and Education, 1993
The spoken language occurring when primary school children work in groups at the computer was examined. Findings suggest that discourse accompanying highly structured software conforms well to the initiation/response/follow-up (IRF) structure, with the computer often taking the initiating role. The more open-ended the program, the more…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Wolfson, Nessa; Manes, Joan – 1979
The factors that are involved in the choice of address to women as compared to men by speakers of American English were investigated in public interactions regarding provision of a service. In addition to proper names, there are two major types of address forms in general usage: the traditional respect forms, such as "ma'am" and "sir," and the…
Descriptors: Females, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Research, Language Role