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Pronominal Usage, Cohesion and Explicitness in Working-Class Speech: Towards an Evaluative Technique

Author(s) -

T.K. Jenkinson,

A.G. Weymouth

Publication year - 1976

Publication title -

language and speech

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.713

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 1756-6053

pISSN - 0023-8309

DOI - 10.1177/002383097601900201

Subject(s) - cohesion (chemistry) , linguistics , psychology , narrative , class (philosophy) , working class , computer science , cognitive psychology , artificial intelligence , philosophy , chemistry , organic chemistry , politics , political science , law

In a sample of 30 working class apprentices aged between 16 and 17 it has been shown that given a descriptive, narrative oral task the level of exophoric pronominal usage is minimal and does not detract from the overall cohesion of the text. The conclusions indicate a need to modify earlier notions concerning cohesion and pronominal reference in working class speech.

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