Compared to speaking, writing is more likely
a. to be carefully studied by researchers.
b. to be performed in isolation.
c. to be an automatic process.
d. to establish common ground.
Question 2
A professor looks out at her class and notices that Jackie is falling asleep. She says loudly, Wouldn't you be more comfortable in your own bed, Jackie? The professor is using a kind of directive known as
a. a metalinguistic message.
b. establishing common ground.
c. the communication of gist.
d. an indirect request.
Species-rich floras of chalk grassland compared to species-poor floras of acid soils.
C4 and CAM photosynthesis compared
Diabetes mellitus. The metabolic disease diabetes mellitus, with symptoms of polydipsia, polyuria, a
A nurse communicates with her non–English-speaking patient through an interpreter
Active Compared with Passive Voice
The adsorption spectrum of rhodopsin compared with the human scotopic spectral sensitivity curve.