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Derbyshire, Desmond C., Ed. – 1984
Six papers resulting from the fieldwork projects of members of the Summer Institute of Linguistics program at the University of North Dakota include: "A Relational Grammar Approach to Kera Syntax" (Janet K. Camburn), a syntactic study of an Afroasiatic language; "Clitic Doubling and M-Chains in Piraha" (Dan Everett), examining…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Grammar
SJOBERG, ANDREE F. – 1963
THIS GRAMMAR OF THE UZBEK LANGUAGES, THE MOST IMPORTANT IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GROUP OF TURKIC LANGUAGES, IS BASED ON THE EDUCATED DIALECT OF TASHKENT IN UZBEKISTAN, USSR. UZBEK IS SPOKEN TODAY BY APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE IN UZBEKISTAN AND ADJOINING REPUBLICS OF SOVIET CENTRAL ASIA, AND IN UZBEK COMMUNITIES SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Glossaries, Grammar, Instructional Materials
1967
THE PAPERS IN THIS VOLUME--CATEGORIZED AS EITHER (1) AUTOMATIC ANALYSES OF NATURAL LANGUAGES, (2) STATISTIC AND SEMANTIC ANALYSES OF LINGUISTIC DATA, OR (3) ALGEBRAIC THEORIES OF LANGUAGES--ARE THE COLLECTIVE PRODUCT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS HELD AT GRENOBLE, FRANCE, AUGUST 23-25, 1967. TOPICS RANGE FROM…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Chinese, Computational Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics
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Dean, O. C., Jr. – 1974
Recent work in word-order typology has demonstrated that the dominant order of verbs and objects (or complements) correlates well with the general ordering tendencies of languages. The work on German reported in this paper suggests, however, that certain traits, such as the order of adverbials, are influenced not only by general ordering…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, German
Moravcsik, Edith A. – 1969
This paper argues that the hypothesis that all languages have a definitization process is empirically refutable, and that use of the terminology "definite" and "indefinite" is justified in that it reflects intuitions of grammarians and linguists. The following statements are tested against evidence from samples of different languages: (1) all noun…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Determiners (Languages), Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
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Levenston, E. A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics, 1965
Syntactic differences between languages are the focus of attention in this approach to contrastive study of grammatical categories. The categories of the first language are listed in a "translation-paradigm" opposite the possible categories of the target language after translation of the corpus. Three examples which contrast the clause, verbal…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Form Classes (Languages)
Ross, John Robert – 1971
This paper investigates a type of grammatical ill-formedness in English which is traceable to the repetition, under certain specified conditions, of present participles, e.g. the verb "continue" cannot occur with participles if it is in the present progressive. The solution to generalizing about ill-formedness of this type is by means of a…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, English
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Franks, Steven L.; Connell, Phil J. – Journal of Child Language, 1996
Normal and Specific Language Impaired (SLI) children were tested for evidence of the binding domain and orientation properties of their grammars. Results suggest that normal children acquiring English pass through a long-distance binding stage, whereas SLI children behave like very young normal children in requiring the nearest available noun…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Comparative Analysis, Grammar
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Wales, M. L. – Language Awareness, 1996
Describes an attempt at an English grammar program for the first year of secondary schooling in Queensland, Australia linked to the grammatical features introduced in the students' second language programs. Outlines the stages of development, including examination of the second language texts and of English course books and deciding on a…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Grammar, Models
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Bohnacker, Ute – Language Acquisition, 1997
Addresses phenomena exhibited by young children such as suffixed and free articles, double definiteness, genitives, pronouns, and "nominal style." Shows that analysis of these early data must invoke at least one functional projection above the noun phrase. Findings argue against any claim about the universal absence of functional…
Descriptors: Child Language, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages)
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Liou, Hsien-Chin – CALICO Journal, 1991
A computer grammar checker is described that evolved from a sample of errors and resulting in a taxonomy of 14 main and 93 subtypes. Using a 1,402-word stem electronic dictionary, an augmented transition network parser, and a set of disambiguating rules, the checker provides feedback for 7 types of errors. (12 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Dictionaries, English, English (Second Language)
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Boers, Frank; Demecheleer, Murielle – ELT Journal, 1998
Prepositions have different but related senses. In cognitive semantics, figurative senses are extended from spatial senses through conceptual metaphors. Pedagogically, it is useful to draw learners' attention to those aspects of a preposition's spatial sense that are especially relevant for its metaphorization. Ways in which cognitive semantic…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comprehension, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
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Christian Children's Fund Inc., Richmond, VA. – 1978
The two volumes present information on the structure, grammar, and alphabet of the language of the Otoe and Iowa Indian tribes. They are intended to support the teaching and maintenance of that language and culture. The first book introduces the reader to simple sentences in three segments: letters of the alphabet, with a simple illustrative…
Descriptors: Alphabets, American Indian Languages, Daily Living Skills, Dictionaries
Liou, Hsien-Chin – 1991
A computerized grammar checker was developed to assist teachers of English as a Second Language in editing student compositions. The first stage of development consisted of an error analysis of 125 writing samples collected from students. The 1,659 errors found were classified into 14 main types and 93 subtypes. This analysis served as the basis…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Dictionaries, Discourse Analysis
Fichtner, Edward G. – 1986
Students in intermediate language courses, especially conversational courses, can benefit from a simple set of instructions for combining words and phrases into sentences. A description of the basic concepts determining word order in German--the fundamental sequence of clause elements, the "infrastructure," and the movement rules by which the…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Comparative Analysis, English, German
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