This experiment using the matched-guise technique in a natural setting shows that listeners' cooperative behavior can be influenced by a speaker's style of speech not only in a face-to-face situation, but also on the basis of voice cues alone. Broadness of pronunciation also influences reactions. (POP)

The need to teach students speaking skills in Spanish, and to choose among the many standard dialects spoken in the Hispanic world (as well as literary and colloquial speech), presents a challenge to the Spanish teacher. Some phonetic considerations helpful in solving these problems are offered. (CHK)

This paper attempts to define meta-rhetoric. Meta-rhetoric is a collection of micro-rhetoric taken together to suggest a larger image in the mind's eye of the reader. An analogy is suggested between a large graphic image comprised of numerous individual mini-images. It is asserted that, in an analogous manner, readers of a text organized around a…

Computer mediated communication (CMC) is a widely used communicative tool within various professional and social groups. The focus of the present article is on the Linguist List (LL), which can be described as an edited person-to-group international academic mailing list, and with a particular speech act: a request for information (RFI). Because…

This paper discusses an approach to teaching third college year "bridge" courses, showing that students in a course that focuses on language and culture as well as students in an introductory course on literary analysis can benefit from using a stylistic approach to literacy texts to understand both form and content. The paper suggests that a…

Revised version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Atlanta, Georgia, November 24, 1972. (DD)

Discusses communicational aspects of Rorschach data. (RS)

Special issue devoted to linguistics in teacher preparation and higher education. Discussion based on the yearly reports concerning analysis of the grammatical explanations required in the competitive examinations for teaching positions. (VM)

Summary of the literature portion of the International Seminar for Advanced Training in Curriculum Development and Innovation". (WB)

Reprint from Equivalence'', revue de l'Institut Superieur de Traducteurs et d'Interpretes de Bruxelles, v3 n1 1972. (VM)

Special issue on translation. (VM)

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Chicago, February 1968. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue, "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education. (FWB)