Some effects of message structure on listeners' comprehension

An experimental study of the effect of four speech variables on listener comprehension∗

K. C. Beighley · Speech Monographs · 1952 · 68 citations

Speech Sciences, Listener Comprehension, Psycholinguistics +19

The effects of 'directive" and 'non-directive" communication procedures on attitudes.

Donald L. Thistlethwaite, Henry De Haan, Joseph Kamenetzky · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology · 1955 · 46 citations

Organizational Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Effects +13

Primacy, recency, frequency, and vividness.

Arthur T. Jersild · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1929 · 40 citations

Philosophy Of Language, Cognitive Science, Experimental Pragmatic +9

The relation between sentence order and comprehension

Donald K. Darnell · Speech Monographs · 1963 · 32 citations

Cognitive Linguistics, Syntax, Sentence Order +12

An experimental investigation of the relative effectiveness of organizational structure in oral communication

Ernest Trice Thompson · The Southern Speech Journal · 1960 · 31 citations

Organisational Structure Evaluation, Speech Sciences, Experimental Investigation +14