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Chisholm, David; Robey, David – Computers and the Humanities, 1995
Identifies problems and proposes solutions for encoding verse texts in Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML). Discusses formal properties that distinguish verse from prose. Recommends that metrical and rhyme conventions always be tagged at the highest possible level of text divisions. (CFR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Software Development, English, German
Tushyeh, Hanna Y. – 1986
Points of similarity and contrast between English and Modern Standard Arabic in relativization are examined. It is concluded that while the relativization process is essentially the same in both languages, they differ with respect to the relative pronoun, the agreement of the relative pronoun with its antecedent, and the appearance of the…
Descriptors: Arabic, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English
Orozco, Cecilio – 1983
A guide for using language contrasts to understand and teach pronunciation differences in English and Spanish proposes that all languages are learned in basically the same order, phonetics (listening and speaking) and graphemics (reading and writing). Language can be broken down so that understandable elements (phonology, morphology, syntax, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language)
Kalogjera, Damir; Vilke, Mirjana – 1982
Part of a 20-year Yugoslav Serbocroatian-English Contrastive Project, this study is intended to make students, teachers, textbook writers, and scholars aware of elements in the system of English modals that might cause difficulties to the native Serbocroatian-speaking learner of English. An eclectic method of contrastive analysis consisting of…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Generative Grammar, Grammar