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Showing 1 to 20 of 296 for “"Speech Communication"”.
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A sensorimotor basis of speech communication
… of constructing a language-agnostic model of speech communication. Insights from major theories in speech science and linguistics are used to develop a conceptual framework for sensorimotor primitives in the context of control and information theory. Within this conceptual framework, …
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An analysis of sub-band coding techniques for speech communication
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1982.
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The status of speech communication in the Clark County high schools
… Clark County School District has implemented the communication strand within the high school English curriculum. Its objectives and activities provide instructional guidelines for teacher use within the classroom situation. This study surveyed high school English teachers and found that the …
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Source and channel coding for low-bandwidth speech communication between optoelectronic devices
Optical communication is one solution to the communication problem that many military forces face in today's urban environments. The recent advances in optoelectronic fibers by the Photonic Bandgap Fibers and Devices Group allow optoelectronic fibers to be woven into standard military equipment. …
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An Experimental Study of Conditions Which Affect Learning From Simulation Games in Speech Communication Instruction
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Interpersonal Competence, Compliance, and Person-Centered Speech: Communication in the Delivery of Nursing Care (Renal, Dialysis)
… the separation of the traditions of nursing and communication theory and research. It was suggested that: (1) in order to link theory and practice more closely nursing models will need to provide a more theoretically-motivated account of the nursing process which furnishes a foundation for …
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Factors Influencing Career Choices of African Americans in Academia: A Study of Members of the Black Caucus of the Speech Communication Association
… and demographic factors among African American communication professionals on their career choices. A quantitative research design was chosen for this research. The 300-member Black Caucus of the Speech Communication Association was chosen as the survey population. Each member was mailed a …
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The effects of team building on University of Kansas residence hall staffs
Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech Communication and Human Relations, 1982.
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Breaking the silence: institutional responses to people who use atypical communication strategies
… compares the introduction and expansion of non-speech communication for people with receptive impairments with the introduction and expansion of non-speech communication for people with expressive impairments. It documents the introduction of specific nonspeech communication strategies—sign, …
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A Pilot Study on the Effect of the Wilderness Education Association Stewardship Course at Western Kentucky University Perceived Leadership Skill Development
… include fundamentals of leadership, written communication, speech communication, decisionmaking, group dynamics, problem-solving, personal development, and planning skills. Students were given the inventory as a pre and posttest and the results were analyzed using a paired t-test. The results …
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The effects of message direction and sex differences on the interpretation of workplace gossip
Gossip occurs in the organization and individuals exposed to these gossip messages must decide how to interpret the gossip. This dissertation explains the definitions and research for gossip, message direction, sex differences, message interpretation, politicalism, and believability. Applying …
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Flesh and spirit onstage: chronotopes of performance in medieval English theatre
This study uses Mikhail Bakhtin's chronotope, which is the informing principle of one's experience of space and time, to explore different relations among space, time, actors, and audience in medieval theatre. Relations between the material and spiritual worlds as understood in the Middle Ages are …
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Performance as ministry: an ethnographic study of three Christian Repertory Theatre troupes
This work seeks to define, explain, and place into historical and social context the phenomena of Christian Repertory Theater (CRT). It does so by examining three CRT troupes: Acts 2 from Nashville, TN, sponsored by Two Rivers Baptist Church; The Company from Fort Worth, TX, sponsored by …
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The dual paths of a political movement: convergence and divergence in contemporary conservative public address
This study examines the rhetorical choices made in public addresses by members of the contemporary conservative movement in the United States during the 1990s. The contemporary conservative movement in this instance is defined as a post World War II phenomenon. Specifically, it is argued that the …
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The role of imagined interaction and self-efficacay in psychosocial adjustment to spousal bereavement: a communication perspective
… phenomena into the framework of intrapersonal communication. The present investigation includes results of two studies. The first included a sample of 232 individuals at varying lengths of widowhood who completed the Adjustment Survey, a 15-page survey instrument consisting of II factors, IIs …
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Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed in the Public Speaking and Interpersonal Communication classrooms
… introductory Public Speaking and Interpersonal Communication (IPC) courses. In the first chapter, Boal's democratic praxis is discussed in terms of critical performance pedagogy and Brecht's social aesthetics. I identify the qualitative social scientific method of data collection and analysis I …
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Real-time digital speech transmission over the Internet
… a complete system for real-time digital speech communication over the Internet. A digital speech compressor is described, and a new real-time Internet protocol is designed. We focus on the mathematical representation of the system as well as its implementation providing pseudo-code …
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