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Goldin, Mark G. – Hispania, 1974
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Research, Linguistics, Sentence Structure
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Roldan, Mercedes – Hispania, 1974
Descriptors: English, Grammar, Language Research, Semantics
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Weissenrieder, Maureen – Hispania, 1991
Presents a preliminary study of the use of the Spanish preposition "a" with inanimate direct object nouns (DOs). The properties of such constructions at the lexical, sentence, and discourse levels are described, and the general principles that condition the preposition's appearance are discussed. (21 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Research, Nouns
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Jordan, Pablo G. – Hispania, 1973
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Language Research
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Franco, Fabiola; Steinmetz, Donald – Hispania, 1985
Argues that the explanation of the use of "ser" and "estar" with locatives presented in the March 1984 issue of "Hispania" derives so directly from a theory of universal grammar because it is indicative of the explanatory adequacy of Case Grammar or of other, comparable theories of the deeper levels of linguistic structure. (SED)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, Language Patterns, Language Research
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Lafford, Barbara A.; Ryan, John M. – Hispania, 1995
Examination of the development of form/function relations of the prepositions "por" and "para" at different levels of proficiency in the interlanguage of study-abroad students in Granada, Spain, revealed "noncanonical" as well as "canonical" uses of these prepositions. The most common noncanonical uses were…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries