Examines these distinct registral features of matrimonial newspaper advertisements in English in India: incongruity, deletion of preposition, miscellaneous deletions, two-word sentence, new abbreviations, registral confusion, stylistic variation. (RM)

This study examined how differences in communication style affect how likely particular types of messages (e.g. arguments, evidence, critiques, explanations) were able to elicit critical responses during four online debates. Event sequence analysis was used to compare the response probabilities for each type of message across messages that used…

Suggests that word bridges--across which meaning is communicated--become more intricate both as the individual's language develops and as the world around him changes and grows. (TO)

About "Beyond the Dictionary in Spanish," by A. Bryson Gerrard. (SK)

Part 13 of a continuing series. (SK)

Analysis of Old Times on the Mississippi," an autobiographical piece that reveals Twain's effort to understand the process that enables a man to grow emotionally and intellectually." (Author/SP)

The differences in language patterns resulting from disparate social backgrounds are discussed. (CK)

Describes the application of statistical techniques to the word distribution in a written document to determine the authorship. (RS)

Suggests that the student will write with fewer inhibitions when invited "to listen to his own speaking voice in order "to capture its essence in his written compositions. (Author/RD)