Examines children's strategies in language production. Focuses on how children in early stages of language acquisition talk about objects, spatial relations, and actions, and the extent to which they rely on general purpose terms in all three domains. (JMB)

Describes two experiments which examined the relation between neonatal cry features and obstetric histories. Experiment 1 showed differences in pitch and durational features between the cries of high- and low-complication newborns. Experiment 2 showed differences in the cry ratings of the two groups on dimensions such as aversive, sick, urgent,…

Elaborates on a theory of "mixed syntax" in oral communication, that is, a syntactic chain incorporating both verbal and nonverbal elements. (AM)

Investigates the vocal interaction of ten British working-class women and their children (average age of 11.4 months). (MP)

Presents a rationale for incorporating cross examination as a basic goal of teaching argument and discusses a system for generating cross examination questions and methods for practicing the development of such questions. (MH)

Offers specific recommendations for teachers starting a new forensics program. (MH)

Attempts to analyze the paralinguistic base in the formation of verbal communications and classifies the "verbal roles" of a speaker. (CFM)

Discusses the concept "situation," as distinct from "context," distinguishing also between real and fictious situations. Types of situations are discussed, and methodological suggestions are offered as to which types to introduce at which stages of instruction. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Facial expressions used by children defending their possession of a disputed object were studied in 72 pairs of kindergarten children. Results showed a relationship between the facial expressions a child used and both his own subsequent behavior and that of his partner. (Author/JMB)

Northrop Frye is interviewed concerning his thoughts on reading, writing, and speaking, and their interrelationship in the development of literate human beings. (MB)

Cites survey results which indicate that internships in speech communication are developing into significant instructional strategy. (MH)

Reports the results of two surveys designed to determine what courses and in what sequence such courses should be offered after the introductory course in organizational communication. (MH)

Examines the competency-based teacher training program developed at Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY. (MH)

Answers questions concerning national trends in the development of career education programs. (MH)