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Rudd, Mary Jo – Anthropological Linguistics, 1976
This paper discusses a previously unidentified turn-allocation technique - third person reference. When such a reference is used, participants are orienting to the solution of a practical organizational problem: how to keep at least one of their number from talking, while preserving the right of all others to talk. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Sociocultural Patterns

Oliver, Marion M.; Rubin, Joan – Anthropological Linguistics, 1975
Investigates the role of social factors and marital status in the use of expletives among married and single American women between the ages of 40 and 55. (AM)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Expressive Language, Females, Language Usage

Kramer, Cheris – Anthropological Linguistics, 1975
Explores the role of sex of speaker and sex of addressee in determining the appropriateness of forms of address. (AM)
Descriptors: Human Relations, Language Research, Language Styles, Language Usage