Previous research suggests that children's behavior with respect to the interpretation of indefinite objects in negative sentences may differ depending on the target language: whereas young English-speaking children tend to select a surface scope interpretation (e.g., Musolino (1998)), young Dutch-speaking children consistently prefer an inverse…

In this descriptive, longitudinal study, phonological patterns (i.e., natural phonological processes) were examined in a set of conversational speech samples obtained from six young children fitted with cochlear implants. Both developmental and non-developmental patterns were observed. This is consistent with findings from previous studies of the…

This textbook provides selections for public speaking pieces. The selections embraced in this volume have been chosen with reference to the attainment of these purposes: (1) The pleasant entertainment of both speaker and listeners; (2) The healthy stimulation of the imagination, a factor always active in the minds of children; (3) The cultivation…

This booklet contains an account of the history of the Central States Speech Association (CSSA). Sections of the essay discuss the difficulties of starting and sustaining the CSSA during the Depression of the 1930s, efforts at reorganizing the CSSA, more difficulties during the war years of the 1940s, the change in convention program content over…

The author discusses persuasive communication and explores why some speakers are seen as credible sources of information while others are not. She covers several factors related to perceived credibility, including (1) sex, (2) size, (3) age, and (4) social status of the source. Methods of establishing credibility are discussed. (CH)

Compares the views of Burke and Langer, emphasizing their agreement that the potential of dramatic works to elicit desired responses from audiences lies in the element of formal expressiveness, which in effect defines ideal audiences. (MS)

Examines significant developments in the history of an academic association of communication teachers and scholars. (PD)

This book is about the fundamental nature of talk in school science. Language as a formal system provides resources for conducting everyday affairs, including the doing of science. While writing science is one aspect, talking science may in fact constitute a much more important means by which people navigate and know the world--the very medium…

The study reported here focused on the effects of the sex of the speaker and four vocal variables-speaking rate, pitch variety, vocal quality and articulation- on three dimensions of source credibility: competence, trustworthiness, and dynamism. (Author)

Defines speech communication as a field of study and application in which diverse strands are drawn together to clarify and to enhance the practice of speaking-listening and related processes. (PD)

Responds to a critique of an article by the authors appearing in a previous issue of this journal (v38 n3). Argues against communication as symbolic representation. Emphasizes their original intent to redefine communication as the production of culture, in the form of a historico-critical inquiry into the institutionalization of communication…

Discusses some of the current computer network services of interest to scholars, teachers, and students in communication studies. Discusses issues of access and use. (SR)

Reports on five experiments that studied ambiguous sentences, such as "I asked the pretty girls WHO is cold." The presence of a prominent pitch accent on the interrogative constituent biased listeners to add an embedded question interpretation, whereas it absence biased them to a relative clause or temporal adjunct analysis.(Author/VWL)

Reexamines the sounds produced at the pharyngeal place of articulation to review the linguistic phonetic realizations of sounds that have been labeled "pharyngeal" and those that have been labeled "epiglottal," and to investigate the production of a series of pharyngeal sounds under conditions of larynx raising and larynx…