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Tendances actuelles en synthematique allemande. Esquisse syntaxique et axiologique du type "substantif & adjectif" (Current Trends in German "Synthematique" Syntactic and Axiological Outline of the "Noun & Adjective").
Krier, Fernande – Linguistique, 1979
Examines the process of formation of the "syntheme" in German, and its role in the economy of language. (AM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, German, Grammar, Nouns
Autour de la definition: de la lexicographie a la semantique (Regarding Definition: From Lexicography to Semantics).
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Fradin, Bernard; Marandin, Jean-Marie – Langue Francaise, 1979
Examines the lexicographic definition as an informal analysis of the meanings of words. (AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, Dictionaries, Lexicography, Nouns
Devergonde, devergondage: les avatars du mot et de la chose (Licentious, Licentiousness: the Changes in the Word and in the Object).
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Belesalle, Simone; And Others – Langue Francaise, 1979
Examines the problems of clarity, precision, and consistency found in dictionaries' treatment of the adjective "devergonde" and the noun "devergondage," particulary in their figurative forms. (AM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Definitions, Dictionaries, Etymology
Dictionnaire, langue, discours, ideologie (Dictionary, Language, Discourse, Ideology).
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Buzon, Christian – Langue Francaise, 1979
Examines the relationship among dictionaries, language, discourse, and ideology. The nature of the definition and the object of the dictionary's description are discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Definitions, Dictionaries, Form Classes (Languages)
Writing Dear Abby: An Interim Report to Teachers of Spelling.
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Allen, Virginia French – 1992
New spellers, adults just beginning to learn to read and write, face daunting problems with English vocabulary. Teachers use varying approaches to help these students, including published lists of Words Most Frequently Used. This paper provides an inventory of words used in letters to syndicated columnist "Dear Abby" as published in a…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Beginning Reading, Grammar, Literacy Education
A No Nonsense Approach to Masculine N-Stem Nouns.
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Folsom, Marvin H. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1992
Confusion in German textbooks concerning "weak" and "n-stem" nouns is discussed. Recommendations are made concerning the terminology, presentation, and notation of n-stem nouns and also for restructuring entries in vocabularies and dictionaries to reflect current morphological reality. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, German, Morphology (Languages), Nouns