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Munoz Ledo Yanez, Veronica – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This thesis presents an analysis of the system of transitivity, voice and valency alternations in Huasteco of San Luis Potosi (Mayan) within a functional-typological framework. The study is based on spoken discourse and elicited data collected in the municipalities of Aquismon and Tancanhuitz de Santos in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mayan Languages, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
Richarte, Itzel – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the +/- presence of Spanish subject personal pronouns ("yo," "el/ella," "nosotros/nosotras," and "ellos/ellas" ) in sociolinguistic interviews of 36 Mexican-Americans from Houston, Texas (16 of 2nd generation and 20 of 3rd generation), and 20 Mexicans (control group) from Heroica…
Descriptors: Spanish, Sociolinguistics, Interviews, Mexican Americans
Roggia, Aaron B. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Recent research in language contact has investigated bilingual deviations from monolingual norms where syntax interfaces with the lexical and discourse components of the grammar (e.g. Iverson & Rothman 2008; Lozano 2006; Montrul 2004, 2005; Sorace & Filiaci 2006; Tsimpli et al. 2004). Such studies generally show that the…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Semantics, Verbs, Syntax
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Speck, Charles H.; Pickett, Velma B. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1976
A study of verbs of movement from the point of view of what causes these particular verbs to be used. The defining features of these verbs are presented and discussed. The analysis is made in terms of its relation to the Mixtec analysis, with suggestions for reexamination of the latter. (SCC)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Case (Grammar), Descriptive Linguistics, Semantics
Caouette, Claudine, Ed.; Larrivee, Pierre, Ed. – 1997
English translations of articles in French in this issue include these: "Discourse Reported in the Print Media"; "Comparison of Register in Quebec and French Speakers"; "Method of Description of Specialized Verbs in View of Machine Translation Applications"; "Dialectal Areas in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Biblical Literature, Braille, Contrastive Linguistics