Direct Speech Act in Communication between Saudi Arabian Family Members

Diversity in Family Structure—Diversity in Communication between Family Members?

This study aims at investigating the parent-adolescent communication of Finnish families from a multiinformant perspective. Thirteenand fourteen-year-old adolescents (n = 171) and their parents were asked to complete a questionnaire examining positive and problematic communication between the two parties. Information about their family structure was collected. The results indicated an interrela...

Saudi Arabian hospitals

Objectives-To compare the perceptions ofphysician executives and clinicians regarding ethical issues in Saudi Arabian hospitals and the attributes that might lead to the existence of these ethical issues. Design-Self-completion questionnaire administered from February to July 1997. Setting-Different health regions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Participants-Random sample of 457 physicians (317...

Stroke in a Saudi Arabian

Background and Purpose: We sought to determine the crude incidence rate, patterns, and risk factors associated with different types of stroke in a defined Saudi population. Methods: Records of 500 (342 male, 158 female) consecutive patients with first-ever stroke admitted from December 1982 to June 1992 in a hospital that exclusively serves the Saudi Arabian National Guard community were review...

Viability of Saudi Arabian Agriculture

Early Communication: Beyond Speech-Act Theory

For the past two decades, speech-act theory has been one of the basic tools for studying pragmatics from both a theoretical and an experimental perspective. In this paper, I want to discuss certain aspects of the theory with respect to data from early communication in children. My aim will be to show that some of the central assumptions of the speech-act model of utterance comprehension need to...