Results of this study indicate that learning occurred only under immediate reinforcement and that there was no developmental trend in the ability to withstand the detrimental effects of delayed reinforcement. (WY)

Analyzes the mechanisms involved in speech level shift in discourse that contains the "des/mas" forms. Concludes that level shift is often used to signal empathy between speakers and to indicate coherence and the hierarchical positioning of utterances in discourse. (EKN)

By comparing the relative effectiveness of speaker and listener training, explores why an effective speaker-training technique failed to generalize to listener skills. Although speaking and listening tasks appeared to require some of the same skills, preschoolers did not exhibit spontaneous intermodality transfer. (Author/RH)

Examines the humanistic and artistic interest within the speech communication field. (PD)

Discussion focuses on the nature of computer-generated speech and voice synthesis today. State-of-the-art devices for home computers are called text-to-speech (TTS) systems. Details about the operation and use of TTS synthesizers are provided, and the time saving in programing over previous methods is emphasized. (MP)

Describes a successful communication conference held annually since 1974, to provide students with a professional situation in which their papers are presented to, discussed and criticized by, faculty critics from other universities. (PD)

Describes use of total physical response as a teaching strategy in English-as-a-second-language classes. Students act out commands from teacher with no initial emphasis on oral production. This approach makes a lesson more real to students and physically involving them makes for more successful learning. (Author/BK)

The experiment investigated the possibility that autistic adolescents may avoid speech communication with the world around them by "tuning out" or perceptually suppressing auditory speech stimuli. The tune out auditory suppression hypothesis was investigated using the S's own speech as the stimulus under three perceptual-motor conditions. (Author)

Assesses juror comprehension of oral instructions used in criminal cases and indicates that instructions significantly increase comprehension. Areas of instruction most difficult to understand include definition of the crime; the terms information, reasonable doubt, and material allegation; and application of the concepts of reasonable doubt and…

Discusses problems associated with the disciplinary status of speech communication stemming from the absence of consensus on the appropriate classification of the field, inadequately specified properties of the concepts on which research is conducted, failure to develop a coherent organizational structure for assessing advances in knowledge, and…

Stress Inoculation Training overall is more effective than no treatment in reducing self-reported anxiety and increasing self-reported confidence in performing speech behaviors. Merely being in a speech class reduces observed anxiety behavior. (Author)