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Yildiz, Funda Uzdu; Çetin, Betül – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
The present study systematically reviewed research that was conducted to analyze the errors within the written expressions of individuals learning Turkish as a foreign language. The sample of the study consisted of 16 articles that were identified through the review of literature. The articles that focused on the written expression errors made by…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, Written Language, Turkish, Second Language Learning
Afful, Joseph B. A.; Ankomah, Christopher – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Following Swales' (1990) influential study on research article (RA) introductions, some attention has increasingly been paid to other rhetorical units of both expert and learners' writing, including titles. A key and effective discursive means through which titles are constructed and presented is the syntactic configuration. The present study,…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Syntax, Applied Linguistics, Research Reports
Bonner, Euan; Lege, Ryan; Frazier, Erin – Teaching English with Technology, 2023
Large Language Models (LLMs) are a powerful type of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that simulates how humans organize language and are able to interpret, predict, and generate text. This allows for contextual understanding of natural human language which enables the LLM to understand conversational human input and respond in a natural manner. Recent…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Artificial Intelligence, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lukac, Morana – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
The public's concern with the fate of the standard language has been well documented in the history of the complaint tradition. The print media have for centuries featured letters to the editor on questions of language use. This study examines a corpus of 258 language-related letters to the editor published in the English-speaking print media. By…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Standards, Editing, Computational Linguistics
Matsuno, Sumie – Language Testing, 2009
Multifaceted Rasch measurement was used in the present study with 91 student and 4 teacher raters to investigate how self- and peer-assessments work in comparison with teacher assessments in actual university writing classes. The results indicated that many self-raters assessed their own writing lower than predicted. This was particularly true for…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Evaluation, English (Second Language)

Bruthiaux, Paul – Language and Communication, 1993
Traces the development of punctuation and the understanding of its role over the centuries. Throughout its existence, punctuation has played the dual role of recording prosodic contours and syntactic structure. Past research and discussion has not provided a coherent picture. A model of punctuation based on systematic observation is needed. (175…
Descriptors: Language Research, Models, Punctuation, Suprasegmentals
Limaye, Mohan R. – ABCA Bulletin, 1983
Explains and illustrates some rarely explained and often underemphasized punctuation principles. (AEA)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Punctuation, Sentence Structure

Mickel, Stan – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1988
Provides a brief history of Chinese punctuation and detailed analysis of modern Chinese punctuation. Three tables show: 1) uniquely Chinese punctuation markers; 2) markers graphemically identical and functionally similar to Western markers; and 3) markers graphemically identical but functionally different from Western markers. Each punctuation…
Descriptors: Chinese, Diacritical Marking, Interference (Language), Punctuation
Cronnell, Bruce – 1980
Punctuation and capitalization are basic, surface features of written communication. However, it was not until the nineteenth century that authorities recognized that punctuation marks should be primarily an integral part of the sentence pattern, not an indicator of pauses. Throughout the literature on punctuation two major purposes recur--to…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Literature Reviews, Punctuation, Sentence Structure

Twine, Nanette – Visible Language, 1984
Examines how, under Western influence, punctuation was adopted in Japanese texts in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (FL)
Descriptors: Intellectual History, Japanese, Language Research, Orthographic Symbols

Horan, Ron – Babel: Journal of the Australian Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1990
Discusses the government-approved simplification of French spelling, and describes rectifications of spelling problems frequently found in forming or using accents, verbs, hyphens, noun plurals, and other anomalies. (CB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Official Languages, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence

Eichhoff, Jurgen; Frank-Cyrus, Karin M. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1999
Discusses new rules on German orthography that went into effect in 1998. Only a few areas of German spelling and punctuation are affected, but some of the rules will result in spelling changes in German textbooks and German words that are taught in basic and advanced courses. Provides background information and a summary of the changes.…
Descriptors: German, Orthographic Symbols, Punctuation, Second Language Instruction
Pavanini, Pietro – Scuola E Lingue Moderne, 1995
This article reports that, after years of debate, representatives of German-speaking countries meeting in Vienna reached an agreement on measures to reform the spelling of the German language. Many linguists were disappointed that it was not decided to change the most unique characteristic of German spelling--the capitalization of German nouns.…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Foreign Countries, German, Language Planning

Gansle, Kristin A.; Noell, George H.; VanDerHeyden, Amanda M.; Naquin, Gale M.; Slider, Natalie J. – School Psychology Review, 2002
Curriculum-based measures of written expression have traditionally used total words written or correct word sequences as indices of students' skill levels. This investigation attempted to determine whether additional hand-scored and computer-scored measures might share more variance with the criterion measures. The new measure, correct punctuation…
Descriptors: Concurrent Validity, Curriculum Based Assessment, Elementary Education, Punctuation

Hanson, LuEtt – Journalism Educator, 1990
Reviews research on and recommends the use of computer-assisted instruction for remediation of grammar and punctuation skills. Gives recommendations for journalism schools planning to begin such a program. Presents guidelines for suitable computer software and reviews appropriate and inappropriate software. (SR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Software Selection, Courseware
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