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Johns-Lewis, Catherine – 1986
A study investigated differences in discourse styles that may affect second language listening comprehension. Ten amateur actors performed three speaking tasks: (1) reading aloud a short self-contained narrative; (2) acting out a memorized script; and (3) conversing with the researcher for 20-30 minutes. Excerpts of the recorded tasks in different…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries, Individual Differences, Instructional Materials

Di Pietro, Robert J. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1975
This article stresses the idea that teaching communicative competence and the ability to deal with a variety of language situations should be the goal of foreign language teaching, with grammar instruction in a secondary position. Teaching by means of "dialogues with options" is discussed and sample dialogues for Italian instruction are given.…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Literary), Italian, Language Instruction
Blackshire-Belay, Carol – 1990
Foreign Workers' German (FWG) refers to the acquired German language skills of workers from various countries who were recruited to West Germany between 1955 and 1973 to fill menial, undesirable jobs. Contact between these workers and native German speakers was limited because of the nature of the foreigners' work, the tendency toward residential…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Mahin, Linda R. – 1990
Women seeking to gain upper-level positions in the corporate structure find it difficult and usually are excluded from membership because their male counterparts use an exclusive vocabulary to communicate their successes to their superiors. Scholars predicted that when a critical mass of 30 to 35 percent women reached management level they would…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Feminism
Rudin, Catherine – 1986
The unique position of WH words in Slavic languages is discussed, with specific reference to Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian. The multiple fronting characteristics of Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian differ in terms of the following positions and behaviors: extraction from embedded questions; clitic placement and other indications of constituent status;…
Descriptors: Bulgarian, Comparative Analysis, Connected Discourse, Form Classes (Languages)
Culy, Martin M. – 1989
A concise typology of Koine Greek relative clauses is presented, drawing on data from the Greek New Testament. The analysis begins by pointing out that Koine uses the strategy of relative pronouns in all relative clauses. The other ways in which relative pronouns are used, in addition to introducing the relative clause, are then described. The…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Greek
Le Page, R. B. – 1988
A discussion on the nature of language argues the following: (1) the concept of a closed and finite rule system is inadequate for the description of natural languages; (2) as a consequence, the writing of variable rules to modify such rule systems so as to accommodate the properties of natural language is inappropriate; (3) the concept of such…
Descriptors: Creoles, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, French
Sesep, N'Sial Bal-Nsien – 1990
A study explored, from a sociolinguistic perspective, the phenomenon of indoubill, patterns and usage of a special variety of Lingala, among a group of delinquent urban youth in Kinshasa (Zaire). It is proposed that: (1) at a particular moment in its social history, the community experienced sociocultural change that brought with it a special…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
de Metsenaere, Machteld – 1987
An examination of language use in 19th century Brussels seeks to explain how and why a link between language and social class came into operation. Hypotheses relating the social characteristics (material circumstances and consciousness) of social classes and segments of social classes to various resulting language patterns are proposed. This…
Descriptors: Correlation, Demography, European History, Foreign Countries

Steever, Sanford B. – 1986
The morphological and lexical bases of Dravidian complementation are explored by proposing a series of rules that govern the distribution of finite predicates in the Dravidian sentence. The distribution of two verbs, "a-" ("become") and "en-" ("say"), is shown to be correlated with the distribution of finite predicates. These predicates are…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Diachronic Linguistics, Dravidian Languages, Language Patterns
Siegel, Marjorie – 1983
To explore how readers create textual meanings or interpretations from written materials, a study that investigated reading from a semiotic perspective was conducted. The study's design was based on the principle of prior ethnography and employed data collection techniques common to field studies: participant/intervention and interviewing.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Enrichment, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography
Adamson, H. D. – 1987
This paper attempts to show the relationship between variable rules and more widely used psycholinguistic constructs such as amalgams and schemas, and to point out how variationists' methods can be useful in the study of language acquisition. The traditional rule, the rule for forming the past tense of regular verbs in English, is discussed as it…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages, English
Papousek, Mechthild – 1987
In a comparison of the melodies in the speech of Mandarin Chinese and Caucasian American mothers, striking similarities were found: (1) in the overall distribution and average structure of melodic contours; (2) in close contextual links to given forms of intuitive parental care; and (3) in a tendency to neglect lexical tones in favor of pitch…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cross Cultural Studies, English, German
Kingwell, Gail – 1980
A stylistics-based approach to teaching poetry in the English as a foreign language classroom is examined. Since students may not have the linguistic skills to appreciate a poem, an analytical framework is proposed that includes the elements of repetition, confusion, and surprise. Reference is made to two poems, "In a Season of Unemployment"…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, English (Second Language), Figurative Language, Higher Education
Larson, Suzanne; Vreeland, Amy L. – 1984
A study of cross examination speeches of males and females was conducted to determine gender differences in intercollegiate debate. The theory base for gender differences in speech is closely tied to the analysis of dyadic conversation. It is based on the belief that women are less forceful and dominant in cross examination, and will exhibit…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Debate, Discourse Analysis