Four experiments examined the time course of phoneme monitoring in internally and externally generated speech. Aimed to replicate and extend previous findings of Wheeldon and Levelt (1995), who required their Dutch participants to monitor their own prearticulatory speech in order to investigate the generation of an abstract phonological code.…

Argues that a more integrative understanding of the relationship between rhetoric and logic in scientists' discursive practices is required to show that science and rhetoric are robustly compatible. (KEH)

This study focuses on the English demonstratives "this (these)" and "that (those)." It is shown that the uses of these demonstratives are related to their semantics, and an explanation is provided for why the many functions assigned to demonstratives are a result of a failure to distinguish their meanings from the senses…

Compares the different ways in which Americans and Japanese people shift topics in business conversations. It is suggested that the different uses of topic-shifting strategies reflect a more profound difference in cultural expectations. (Author/GLR)

Discusses several problems with the introspective approach to communication theory, which takes evidence of interpersonal processes and translates this evidence into corresponding internal surrogates such as self concept, attitude, and mental maps. (SR)

When eight psychiatric adults with stuttering problems were evaluated on seven speech tasks, 12 percent of their total subject output was nonfluencies. Results are analyzed in terms of: tasks most frequently involving nonfluencies; types of nonfluencies; and relative frequency of nonfluencies occurring on words in the beginning, middle, or end of…

Examines "delayed completion," a procedure speakers use to finish an incomplete turn after an intervening utterance by another speaker. Describes delayed completion as a device for resolving overlap. Examines relationship to interruption and to sequences of actions in conversation. (MS)

Recorded adolescents (N=36) in spontaneous conversational settings and in formal interviews. Found analysis of recordings led to postulation of three basic categories: emotive, connotative, and socially coded language programing. (Author/ABL)

Considers the interface of communication and instruction through: (1) a conceptual look at the areas of communication education and instructional communication; and (2) a description of the communication and instruction program at the University of Washington. (SR)

Describes and examines 150 tape-recorded compliment sequences. Reports that the course and outcome of compliments and compliment responses are affected by: (1) the way a compliment is worded; (2) the type of statement that precedes or follows the compliment; and (3) the status and sex of the compliment participants. (RAE)

This study investigated the effect of auditory feedback alterations on stuttering frequency of 10 adults. At high speech rates, stuttering frequency was significantly reduced under delayed auditory feedback, frequency altered feedback, and a combination. There were no significant differences among the altered feedback conditions. (Author/SW)

Presents four computational interpretations of the Gricean conversational maxims in the generation of referring expressions: (1) full brevity interpretation; (2) greedy heuristic interpretation; (3) local brevity interpretation; and (4) incremental interpretation. Examines problems involved in generating definite noun phrases that are appropriate…

Describes the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University, the first in the United States. Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the college and notes practical advice for administrators. (SR)

Presents a review of several self-report instruments assessing leadership style, that are useful as instructional tools in the communication classroom to teach various leadership concepts and their strengths and weaknesses. (SR)

Analysis of the liquid, fricative, and affricate sounds in the phonological system of a misarticulating four year old found that the child's perception of certain sounds was superior to his productions, whereas for other sounds productive skill was superior to perceptual performance. A two-lexicon model of underlying representation best accounted…