Discusses the Greek contribution to the alphabet and the development of written communication. Contrasts oral and written traditions and the impact of each. (JMF)

Studied (N=32) college males with either normal or neurotic MMPI profiles participating in a dyadic interaction via telephone with a confederate who disclosed at either a high or low level of intimacy. Results found neurotic subjects spent very little time in intimate self-disclosure, regardless of level of disclosure received. (Author)

Studied nonverbal abilities, nonverbal behaviors, and verbal-nonverbal congruence of both counselor and client in relation to judgments by counselors and clients of counseling outcome. Results indicated that only verbal-nonverbal congruence was significantly related to outcome. (Author)

Studies how a self-help group can facilitate parents' mourning process following a stillbirth. With family-to-family contact and group discussions, the reality of the stillbirth is validated, the empty feelings of the loss the parents are experiencing are acknowledged, and the guilt the couples are feeling is eased. (Author)

Discusses several aspects of nonverbal communication whereby teachers convey messages about their feelings, needs, and preferences. Types of nonverbal communication include vocal intonation, facial expressions, eye contact, touch, spatial distance, and dress. Implications for classroom outcomes of a teacher's nonverbal communication are presented.…

Describes how use of short texts of narrative prose can provide practice in transforming from reporting to doing language particularly for intermediate students. (BK)

Describes use of interview simulation and the role-play technique as a way of getting English as a second language students to speak in class. The exercise's advantages include a realistic situation; it is not an aimless discussion and all students have a part to play. (BK)

Proposes that arguments used popularly in religious controversies are historically stable and that the rhetorical critic's attention to topics or sources of reference ("topoi") for argumentation enhances the analysis of such controversies. Examines the Catholic debate over vernacular reform and emphasizes the relatively narrow range of "topoi"…

No significant difference is found between the verbal interaction of White high school teachers with Black and White students in desegregated classrooms. (Author)

The potential for considerable marital dissatisfaction among wives is clearly present. Wives want less controlling behavior from their husbands than the husbands prefer to engage in. They want to move closer to their husbands and want their husbands to share more intimately with them. (Author)

Presents and tests the verbal-plan approach as a basis for predicting verbal behavior. (Defines verbal plan as "what an individual intends to say in a specific situation or a general situation.") (PD)

As predicted, high-oral clients showed better understanding of their counselor's personal qualities than did low-oral clients. Orality produced a need to observe the counselor closely. Female clients of male counselors make the best predictors. (Author)

Demonstrates that a more direct cause of verbal slips is occasional noise or interference in the phonological encoding processes, with the associations provided by cognitive states (and verbal context) serving merely as reference information for the semantic phase of prearticulatory editing. Relates this to "Freudian slips." (JMF)

Describes a four-part journal format for use by students in an interpersonal communication course. The four parts are (1) student assessment of skills; (2) goals; (3) strategies for implementation of goals; and (4) review. (JMF)