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McGregor, Karla K.; Hadden, Rex R. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
Two laboratories have reported that children with ASD are less likely than their typical peers to fill pauses with "um" but their use of "uh" is unaffected (Irvine et al., J Autism Dev Disord 46(3):1061-1070, 2016; Gorman et al., Autism Res 9(8):854-865, 2016). In this brief report, we replicated this finding by comparing the…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Language Patterns
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Staab, Claire F. – Language Sciences, 1983
Reviews and synthesizes speech act analysis (Austin and Searles), politeness phenomena (Brown and Levinson), rules affecting speaking (Hymes), and activity analysis (Wittgenstein). Advances the notion that the theories are complementary rather than contradictory. (EKN)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Patterns, Language Processing, Language Research
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Liddicoat, Anthony – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1995
Analyzes argumentation and the ways in which idealized models of argumentation relate to the linguistic behavior of participants in argument as talk. Sequencing patterns of arguments are interactionally accomplished. Speakers produce turns which are related to their purpose in talking and that include speech act complexes appropriate for the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Interaction Process Analysis, Language Patterns
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Gibbs, Raymond W., Jr.; Delaney, Suzanne M. – Discourse Processes, 1987
Discusses three studies which show that the first two of J. Searle's conditions are extremely important to maintain if a promise is to be made or understood. Supports the idea that promises do not by themselves obligate a speaker but are used to reaffirm previously existing, and often unstated, obligations. (NKA)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Patterns, Language Research
Hall, William C. – 1987
This dissertation presents a study of patterns of speech in Western Subanon, as heard in areas of Mindanao, an island in the Philippines. An introductory section discusses relevant general issues in linguistic research and the present study. The relationships of language to linguistics and of language to society, the objectives of the study, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Language Patterns, Language Research
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Evans, Mary Ann – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Demonstrates frequent occurrence of self-initiated repairs in speech of kindergarten and second grade children. Speech during "Show and Tell" sessions was scored for spontaneous occurrence of repetitions; corrections of word choice reference and syntax; postponements; and abandonments. Findings indicate most frequent communicative…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Early Childhood Education, Error Analysis (Language), Grade 2
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Garner, Thurmon – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1985
Explores the discourse and speech acts used by Black children between the ages of 5 and 10 in one Midwestern community. Examines the rhetorical devices of teasing, name-calling, riddles, and joke-stories and hypothesizes as to the functional significance of each in the cultural environment. (SA)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Youth, Communication Research, Cultural Traits
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Chapman, David – On-Call, 1997
Investigates the effect of oral and electronic media on interaction patterns by learners of Japanese as a second language. The framework for the analysis of learner is speech act theory, which provides a richly developed set of descriptive categories by which to examine interactional processes. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Computer Mediated Communication, Discourse Analysis