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Buyssens, Eric – Yelmo, 1973
Conclusion of a two-part article on the verb in English. Reprinted from Belgian journal Equivalences,'' n1 1972. (DS)
Descriptors: English, English Instruction, Idioms, Language Instruction
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Sebastian, Robert N. – Hispania, 1989
Explores problems encountered during attempts to translate French expressions occurring in English (such as concierge) into Spanish, particularly when the English interpretation of the expression is different from the standard French usage. Spanish translations are provided for about 200 French terms and expressions commonly used in English. (61…
Descriptors: English, French, Idioms, Linguistic Borrowing
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Reid, Constance – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Business Correspondence, English, Idioms
Foster, David William – Lenguas Vivas, 1971
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, Diagrams, English
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Sugano, Marian Zwerling – Modern Language Journal, 1981
Explores special problems posed by idiomatic expressions for learners and teachers of second languages stressing need to integrate idioms into teaching. Presents program providing a classification of idiomatic expressions based on contrastive analysis of Spanish and English. (BK)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English, Idioms, Indo European Languages
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Avendano, Fausto – Bilingual Review, 1975
This article discusses the problems encountered in translating Chicano literary works into English. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, English, Hispanic American Literature, Idioms
Irujo, Suzanne – IRAL, 1993
Fluent Spanish-English bilinguals were asked to translate passages containing idioms into everyday conversational English. Results confirmed the use of knowledge of English to produce many idioms and the production of more idioms that were identical in both languages. (Contains 20 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, English, Error Analysis (Language)
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)
Geuder, Patricia A. – 1973
One rich cultural beginning embedded in contemporary Chicano literature is the language(s) of the literature. In this respect, Chicano literature and sociolinguistics are concomitants: the use of sociolinguistics increases the understanding of the use of the language(s) found in the literature: of the contextual references made about language(s):…
Descriptors: Culture, Dialect Studies, English, Ethnic Groups
Ewton, Ralph W., Jr., Ed.; Ornstein, Jacob, Ed. – 1970
The eleven essays in the present volume are by faculty members at the University of Texas at El Paso and deal generally with issues peculiar to the American Southwest. It is hoped, however, that the collection contains "enough that is of universal interest to avoid the taint of parochialism." Essays discuss (1) problems involved in teaching in…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Contrastive Linguistics
Fisiak, Jacek, Ed. – Papers and Studies in Contrastive Linguistics, 1990
Fourteen articles are presented in this volume on contrastive linguistics. The articles and authors are as follows: "A Brief Falsificationist Look at Contrastive Sociolinguistics" (K. Janicki); "The Locus of French Gender Control" (W. A. Bennett); "On the English Perfect Tense and Current Relevance Implicatures" (J.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Danish, English