Lexical diversity and rhetorical interrogatives as adaptations to communication environments: A research note Academic Article

abstract

• This study investigated the effects of context on speakers language behavior. Transcripts of speakers in a public context and personal context were analyzed for lexical diversity and rhetorical interrogatives. Results indicated that speakers use greater lexical diversity and fewer rhetorical interrogatives in the public context than in the personal context. 1981, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

authors

• Street, Richard

published proceedings

• Communication Quarterly

author list (cited authors)

• Street, R. L., & Jordan, W. J.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Street, Richard L||Jordan, William J

publication date

• September 1981

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Communication Quarterly  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/01463378109369416

start page

• 276

end page

• 282

volume

• 29

issue

• 4