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The Compliance-Seeking Process From The Perspective Of The Respondent: The Role Of Goals In Responses To Requests., Barbara L. Woods
The Compliance-Seeking Process From The Perspective Of The Respondent: The Role Of Goals In Responses To Requests., Barbara L. Woods
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study examined compliance seeking from the perspective of recipients of direct requests with respect to types of responses, goals, liking, and locus of control. A total of 211 employed adults completed a survey that included responses to hypothetical request scenarios involving liked and disliked co-workers, measures of goals factors, and a measure of locus of control. Six types of responses were identified: simple agreement, elaborated agreement, simple refusal, refusal with reasons, request more information, and postpone decision. Participants reported a tendency to agree with requests, regardless of liking. Factor analyses revealed three-factor models for the liked and disliked conditions. …
Relational Aftermath: Accounts Of Marital Dissolution To Social Network Members., Linda Malone Pledger
Relational Aftermath: Accounts Of Marital Dissolution To Social Network Members., Linda Malone Pledger
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Relationship dissolution is a complex process that involves more than the act of termination. The process affects and is affected by an individual's communication with members of the social network. The attributions made by the individual to account for the dissolution constitute an attempt at failure management. This study was undertaken to determine how the strategies used to manage the failure event of divorce vary according to social network groups, gender, and expectation of approval. One hundred eleven divorced individuals completed questionnaires soliciting recollection of accounts made to family, friends, and acquaintances regarding their divorce. Findings include (1) excuses were …
The Christian Preacher As Poet: A Method For Exposition Of Narrative Portions Of Scripture Based On Aristotle's "Poetics"., William Sherman Phillips Jr
The Christian Preacher As Poet: A Method For Exposition Of Narrative Portions Of Scripture Based On Aristotle's "Poetics"., William Sherman Phillips Jr
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It is the thesis of this study that Aristotle's Poetics provides the basis for a method of exposition that is "distinctively appropriate" for preaching upon the narrative portions of Scripture. The relationship between Aristotelian poetics and narrative exposition of Scripture is examined in terms of the following two questions: (1) How does Aristotelian poetics meet the expository or interpretive need for narrative exposition of Scripture? (2) How does Aristotelian poetics meet the exhortatory or applicative need for narrative exposition of Scripture? The following arguments are made: (1) Aristotelian poetics provides the basis for a method of narrative exposition that unifies …
Literature As Phenomenon: Attribution Theory And The Act Of Performance (Oral, Interpretation, Pre-Formance, Newcomb, Bakhtin)., John Walthall Creagh Iii
Literature As Phenomenon: Attribution Theory And The Act Of Performance (Oral, Interpretation, Pre-Formance, Newcomb, Bakhtin)., John Walthall Creagh Iii
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Attribution theory seeks to explain the ways in which humans ascribe causes to everyday events, especially the observed behavior of other human beings. This study seeks to apply the basic patterns of social attribution to the act of "pre-formance"--the aesthetic act in which a performer engages the voice of a literary text and, through rehearsals involving attribuiton, embodies that voice for some audience. Theodore Newcomb's "symmetry theory," a model that contains the essential features of human attribution, is discussed within the philosophical perspective of phenomenology, and the transformed model is used as the basis for a new theory of the …
Sara Lowrey: Speech Teacher (Oral Interpretation, Texas)., Jo Ann Bolin Shields
Sara Lowrey: Speech Teacher (Oral Interpretation, Texas)., Jo Ann Bolin Shields
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"Everyone talks about education. I try to do something about it." These words of Sara Lowrey expressed her primary goal: to prepare her students for the future. This study traces the career of Lowrey through her years at Baylor University and Furman University and delineates her varied activities both in and out of the classroom. In 1923 Lowrey became Chairman of the Department of Public Discourse at Baylor. A fledgling program, the department grew and matured into a respected organization under her able leadership. She instituted programs of study in oral interpretation, radio, and speech correction, spearheaded a radio project …
Oral And Written Linguistic Indices Of Deception During Employment Interviews., Kittie Wells Watson
Oral And Written Linguistic Indices Of Deception During Employment Interviews., Kittie Wells Watson
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This study was designed to find preliminary information concerning differences between oral and written linguistic indices of deception during employment interviews. It was predicted that: (1) oral messages would be characterized by significantly different linguistic indices than written messages, (2) truthful messages would be characterized by significantly different linguistic indices than deceptive messages, (3) male responses would be characterized by significantly different linguistic indices than female responses, and (4) individual question responses would be characterized by significantly different linguistic indices than other individual question responses. 31 male and 42 female students enrolled in undergraduate business and professional communication courses participated …
Speechwriting In Rhetorical Criticism: An Extension Of Theory As Applied To The Johnson Administration., Suzanne Elizabeth Condray
Speechwriting In Rhetorical Criticism: An Extension Of Theory As Applied To The Johnson Administration., Suzanne Elizabeth Condray
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
Speechwriting practices have long been associated with rhetorical history. American presidents have employed the speechwriter's assistance since the beginning of this nation. From the dawn of radio, presidential speechwriting practices have grown to the extent that most presidents rely heavily on the writer to prepare the bulk of their messages. While many political speakers have grown to depend on the speechwriter to assist him in preparing the ideas or language of his message, rhetorical critics have largely ignored the writer's influence on the message and his impact on the preparation process. The purpose of this study is fourfold. First of …
Hiram Corson: Interpretative Reader, English Teacher, Literary Scholar., Linda Frances Welden
Hiram Corson: Interpretative Reader, English Teacher, Literary Scholar., Linda Frances Welden
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
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Male/Female Differential Encoding And Intercultural Differential Decoding Of Nonverbal Affective Communication., Gail Mcallister St. Martin
Male/Female Differential Encoding And Intercultural Differential Decoding Of Nonverbal Affective Communication., Gail Mcallister St. Martin
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
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Speech-Act Theory And The Formal Essay., Mary Louise Hair
Speech-Act Theory And The Formal Essay., Mary Louise Hair
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
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Senatorial Speaking Of Louis T. Wigfall 1860-1861: A Study Of Agitational Rhetoric., Donald Travis Garnett
Senatorial Speaking Of Louis T. Wigfall 1860-1861: A Study Of Agitational Rhetoric., Donald Travis Garnett
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Effects Of Stylistic Personalization And Method Of Presentation On Persuasion., Ronald Stanley Mccrory
Effects Of Stylistic Personalization And Method Of Presentation On Persuasion., Ronald Stanley Mccrory
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The Effect Of Selected Background And Performance Variables Upon Certain Types Of Hesitations And Syntactic Complexity In Small Group Discussions., Edith Kay Kirkpatrick
The Effect Of Selected Background And Performance Variables Upon Certain Types Of Hesitations And Syntactic Complexity In Small Group Discussions., Edith Kay Kirkpatrick
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
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The Convention Sermon In Boston 1722-1773., Robert Sidney Brewer
The Convention Sermon In Boston 1722-1773., Robert Sidney Brewer
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
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The Epideictic Speaking Of Robert Love Taylor Between 1891 And 1906., Raymond Wright Buchanan Jr
The Epideictic Speaking Of Robert Love Taylor Between 1891 And 1906., Raymond Wright Buchanan Jr
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Linguistic Non-Immediacy In The Public Speaking Situation., Richard Lane Conville Jr
Linguistic Non-Immediacy In The Public Speaking Situation., Richard Lane Conville Jr
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
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Function Of Syntactic Structures In Recall Of Spoken English By Individuals With Language Deficit., Margaret Mccurdy Neely
Function Of Syntactic Structures In Recall Of Spoken English By Individuals With Language Deficit., Margaret Mccurdy Neely
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
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Origins Of Expression: Principal Sources Of Samuel Silas Curry's Theory Of Expression., Paul Havener Gray
Origins Of Expression: Principal Sources Of Samuel Silas Curry's Theory Of Expression., Paul Havener Gray
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
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