Psychogrammatical factors in oral and written discourse by skilled communicators

DeVito, Joseph A.

doi:10.1080/03637756609375483

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“…These data concur with DeVito's conclusion that the speaker generalizes more than the writer. 40 Results from applying Rosenthal's empirical sentence test also confirm the assumption that high credibility sources construct more realistic or factual sentences than low credibility sources. Bryant and Wallace's prescription that factual statements "not only secure understanding for the listener, they secure respect for the speaker," has been empirically supported by these findings.…”

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Stylistic variables as related to source credibility: A content analysis approach

Carbone

1975

Speech Monographs

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R HETORICAL theorists past and present have generally agreed that a lack of stylistic clarity "lowers the speaker in the esteem of his listeners." 1 Unfortunately this well-known principle has not been examined empirically even though research in source credibility abounds in speech and communication journals. A few scholars have measured the effects of intense language, 2 metaphor, 3 simile, 4 or analogy 5 and source credibility concluding that impressions of the source seem less sensitive to stylistic variations than is attitude change. Other researchers have surveyed comprehension factors in oral and written messages, but these investigators do not consider how oral or written style influences the receiver's attitude toward the source of the message. 6

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Stylistic variables as related to source credibility: A content analysis approach

Carbone

1975

Speech Monographs

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“…Writing down memories of a conversation or any stimuli might generate qualitative or quantitative outcomes that differ from those obtained when subjects recall orally. Research suggests that there are differences between the production of written and oral materials (DeVito, 1965(DeVito, , 1966(DeVito, , 1967Dillon, 1981;Hidi & Hildyard, forthcoming;Rubin. 1980;Stubbs, 1980;Schallert.…”

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Conversational Memory The Effects of Time, Recall, Mode, and Memory Expectancies on Remembrances of Natural Conversations

Stafford¹,

Burggraf²,

Sharkey³

1987

Human Comm Res

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Participants took part in a two-stage investigation examining the changes in memory for conversation over time. The impact of memory expectancy and mode of recall were also examined. Participants could recall only about 10% of their conversations immediately after the conversations. One month later this fipre had dropped to 4%. Examination of recall protocols revealed that after a one month delay, participants recalledless content and reported more descriptive statements, made more inferences, and were less accurate than when they had recalled immediately. In addition, expectancies about memory and mode used to report recollections affected the amount and type of information reported. Finally, participants recalled more of their partner's contributions to the conversations than their own contributions. M EMORY is an integral component of communicative ability. To converse appropriately people must minimally rely on their memory for linguistic rules and grammars as well as topical information. Moreover, competent communicators must retrieve memories about specific events that occurred with particular others in order to devise trajectories for the likely directions that their conversations may take (Stafford & Daly, 1984).

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“…Many researchers have maintained that written communication is typically less affective than oral communication (Chafe, 1982;Chafe and Danielewicz, 1987;DeVito, 1966DeVito, , 1967Redeker, 1984). These scholars maintain that, while the immediacy of an audience allows Speakers to invoke more personal elements in spoken discourse, writers can aflford to do so considerably less, because of the lack of a visible audience.…”

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Literacy and feelings: The encoding of affect in Nukulaelae letters

Besnier¹

1989

Text - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Discourse

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The primäry purpose of literacy production on Nukulaelae Atoll (Central Pacific) is to write letters. Nukulaelae letters are sent to relatives on neighboring atolls, and serve a variety offunctions: monitoring economic reciprocity; informing kin of family events; and admonishing younger people. Permeating every aspect of letters is a heavy emphasis on the overt expression of affect, of a nature notfound in any other arena of Nukulaelae social life. This paper describes the way in which affect is encoded in the text of these letters, and shows how the topics addressed in letters are emically defined äs affectively charged. A content and historical-ethnographic analysis of letter-writing on the atoll indicates that letters have been defined äs cathartic events from the very introduction of literacy. It is suggested that the metaphorical affiliation of letter-writing with parting is in large pari responsihle for letters having become qffect-display context. This case study challenged traditional views that Dritten communication is universally less affective than spoken communication.

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Psychogrammatical factors in oral and written discourse by skilled communicators

Cited by 49 publications

References 2 publications

Stylistic variables as related to source credibility: A content analysis approach

Stylistic variables as related to source credibility: A content analysis approach

Conversational Memory The Effects of Time, Recall, Mode, and Memory Expectancies on Remembrances of Natural Conversations

Literacy and feelings: The encoding of affect in Nukulaelae letters

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