Sharon Sabsay
Biographic Data
| ID | 180556 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon Sabsay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon |
| FAMILY NAME | Sabsay |
| SIGNATURE | SABSAY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Structure and Repair in Narratives of Mentally Retarded Adults
Narratives by mentally retarded and nonretarded adults of a short film were compared in terms of the structure they exhibited and the self-initiated repairs they contained. The mentally retarded speakers produced shorter narratives and made relatively more repairs. However, their narratives were story-like in their structure, and their self-initiated repairs were similar to those made by the nonretarded speakers. These results were interpreted as…
Learning How to Ask: A Soclolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Science Research. CHARLES L. BRIGGS
Discourse features as criteria in judging the intellectual ability of speakers
This study was undertaken to identify and describe those features of spoken discourse that native speakers of English consider to be indicative of level of intellectual functioning. Thirty judges listened to eleven narrations of a short film and then identified the speakers as “mildly mentally retarded” or “not retarded” and gave reasons for their decisions. The discourse criteria cited by judges in making their judgments fell into the categories…
Semantic deficiencies in the narratives of mildly retarded speakers
Communicative Competence among Severely Retarded Persons
Semantic deficiencies in the narratives of mildly retarded speakers
Communicative Competence among Severely Retarded Persons
Structure and Repair in Narratives of Mentally Retarded Adults
Narratives by mentally retarded and nonretarded adults of a short film were compared in terms of the structure they exhibited and the self-initiated repairs they contained. The mentally retarded speakers produced shorter narratives and made relatively more repairs. However, their narratives were story-like in their structure, and their self-initiated repairs were similar to those made by the nonretarded speakers. These results were interpreted as…
Communicative Competence among Severely Retarded Persons
Semantic deficiencies in the narratives of mildly retarded speakers
Discourse features as criteria in judging the intellectual ability of speakers
This study was undertaken to identify and describe those features of spoken discourse that native speakers of English consider to be indicative of level of intellectual functioning. Thirty judges listened to eleven narrations of a short film and then identified the speakers as “mildly mentally retarded” or “not retarded” and gave reasons for their decisions. The discourse criteria cited by judges in making their judgments fell into the categories…
Learning How to Ask: A Soclolinguistic Appraisal of the Role of the Interview in Social Science Research. CHARLES L. BRIGGS
Structure and Repair in Narratives of Mentally Retarded Adults
Narratives by mentally retarded and nonretarded adults of a short film were compared in terms of the structure they exhibited and the self-initiated repairs they contained. The mentally retarded speakers produced shorter narratives and made relatively more repairs. However, their narratives were story-like in their structure, and their self-initiated repairs were similar to those made by the nonretarded speakers. These results were interpreted as…
Psychology (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media (3 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Ask price (1 works) · Citation (1 works) · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy (1 works) · Communication (1 works)