Investigates the extent to which forward inferences are activated and encoded during reading, as well as their prevalence and their time course. Finds that inferences were encoded and retained in working memory in both high- and low-predictability conditions, and that high-predictability forward inferences were encoded into long-term memory.…

Although gestural communication is largely visuo-spatial, the extent to which a visual model is necessary for the development of gesture is unclear. This article summarizes recent research on gesture production by congenitally blind speakers and discusses the implications of these results for the hypothesized link between gesture and thought.…

Reviews the method and practice taught in Cicero's "De Oratore," which is explicitly designed to allow for the comparative estimate of competing positions and represents an effort to find the possible basis for cooperative action in any controversy. Implications are drawn for contemporary teaching. (Author/SLD)

Argues for a Campaign Planning Course in the undergraduate public relations major. Discusses nine course objectives. Describes five phases of campaign planning and implementation, how the phase approach includes important course topics, and how it fulfills course objectives. Describes how student groups work with actual clients throughout the…

Fricative spectral data are compared with articulatory data from electropalatographic (EPG) recordings in an investigation of coarticulatory effects on the acoustic signal. Data were taken from CV tokens produced by four female speakers of Australian English. Results are presented for coronal fricatives in seven monothong vowel contexts.…

A qualitative study documents the emergence, in the context of typed expression, of increasingly useful and reliable speech for an adolescent labeled with autism. The process of speech development is described and the three categories of supports that he and his family experienced that supported his emergent speech are discussed. (Contains…

Looks at conversation in Japanese between native and nonnative speaking peers. Focuses on other-repair, taking the conversation analytic approach to phenomena in nonnative discourse. Identifies a range of speaking practices as well as embodied resources that are understood by recipients as inviting or initiating other repair. (Author/VWL)

Explores the implications of the "discount store" metaphor as it is commonly used and understood. Argues that "K-Mart U" would emphasize a predictable level of quality and convenience, and recognize and honor that few students are as dedicated to the life of the intellect as professors, and design course requirements and assignments to assure…

Describes the author's experience as a professor who thought he had long ago shed his intercollegiate academic debate habits, when his university became embroiled in a debate about converting to a semester system. Describes a formal debate, the real debate on email, and how one can win the debate but still lose the decision in the real world of…

Explores the extent to which children with specific language impairment (SLI) with severe phonological working memory deficits express knowledge uniquely in gesture as compared to speech. Using a paradigm in which gesture-speech relationships have been studied extensively, children with SLI and conversation judgment-matched, typically developing…

Cross-speaker variability in the use of prosodic features in intonation was investigated through analysis of adult speakers of English from London, England, using a new prosodic test battery (PEPS). PEPS is designed to elicit information about how speakers use prosodic features to realize different types of linguistic and communicative functions…

Surveyed Russian educators to assess their perceptions of the speech-communication discipline and the value of speech-communication instruction for Russian students. Results show that most Russian educators are not familiar with speech communication as an academic discipline; and 40% disagreed that speech communication should be included in…

Reviews communication pedagogical practices in Canada, showing that graduate-level instruction focuses on mass communication, and that undergraduate courses in speech communication are typically cross-listed with other disciplines. Describes the strong undergraduate program at University College of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, with its unique base…

Studied how children learn to identify what is meant by what is said in communicative practices, focusing on the interplay between the adult and the child. Results for 21 Swedish children aged 3 to 5 show that whether children are able to adopt other people's perspectives is a situated affair that reflects the way in which they are brought into a…

Examined African Americans' and Whites' ability to recognize facial expressions and vocal prosody of predominantly white stimuli at three age groups (children, young adults, and adults). Race was a significant factor in interpreting facial expressions and prosodic features. Individuals from specific ethnic groups were most accurate in decoding…