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Direct linkRiddle, Elizabeth M. – Language Sciences, 2010
This article discusses some apparently paradoxical behavior of the English demonstratives "this/these" and "that/those" as determiners of proper nouns and as metaphorical signals of epistemic and affective stance within the proximal-distal opposition. It is argued that the apparent paradoxes are actually cases of shifting perspectives or points of…
Descriptors: English, Nouns, Semantics, Linguistics
Peer reviewedPeng, Fred C. C. – Language Sciences, 1974
Revised version of a paper presented at the 11th International Congress of Linguists, Bologna, Italy, 1972. (DD)
Descriptors: Definitions, Diagrams, English, Grammar
Peer reviewedKastovsky, Dieter; Dalton-Puffer, Christiane – Language Sciences, 2002
Investigates tendencies with regard to gender-specific or gender-non-specific designations in English and German by means of nouns in present-day usage as well as the historical development of these tendencies. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English, German, Language Usage
Peer reviewedRoldan, Mercedes – Language Sciences, 1973
Study completed with the support of the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1970-71. (VM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Language Usage, Linguistic Theory
