Answers some of William Page's criticisms (see preceding article, EJ 227 456) regarding the use of rhetoritherapy v behavior therapy to deal with students who exhibit communication apprehension. Argues that rhetoritherapy deals with people who have problems, not with problems. It is concerned with what can be done about the problem, not what the…

The experiment examines the effects on a number of words that seem irrelevant to semantic communication. The Units of Ritualized Speech (URSs) considered are: 'I mean', 'in fact', 'really', 'sort of', 'well' and 'you know'. (Editor)

This study examines the conversational behaviors of subjects with differing verbal abilities within a three-person group setting. According to a score on the Verbal Reticence Scale (Lustig, 1974), 108 subjects were rated as highly verbal, moderately verbal, or verbally reticent. From these classifications, smaller groups were selected at random to…

The author, professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley, investigates problems in the philosophy of language from the standpoint that language is a rule-governed form of behavior. He takes as his fundamental concept the "speech act," and gives an analysis of what it is to make statements, ask questions, make promises, and…

Author explored the definition of Hawaiian Japanese, by considering the overall pattern of communication of the Hawaiian Japanese community which in fact emerges with fascinating complexity. Speech patterns of Hawaiian Japanese were examined and the use of terms of self-reference during conditions closely approximating normal family interaction.…

In extending the concept of self-disclosure which is concerned with the content of personal communication, the focus of this review is on a process conception of disclosure called revealingness. Revealingness deals with the communication of self as measured by linguistic style, and in some cases, voice quality, as well as the content of the…

Effects of varying latencies upon articulatory productions in the stimulus-response paradigm were studied. Zero latency was compared to latency equal to stimuli and to latency with silent rehearsal of muscular movements. Thirty children with misarticulated /r/ from kindergarten, first, and second grades participated as subjects. Stimulus /ra/ was…

A review of recent research findings on how a child develops a vocabulary and acquires the ability to express himself. Bibliography. (RB)

In this discussion of various aspects of sexism in language the following principles or basic ideas are set forth for the reader's consideration: (1) the irrational and undesirable idea that male terms stand for the whole population is harmful and the practice should be eliminated; (2) language which suggests that women are, by virtue of their…

Compressed speech is described as maintaining all consonant sounds, reducing all vowel sounds, and eradicating as closely as possible all pauses. (DS)