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Peer reviewedHutton, Christopher – Language Sciences, 1997
Discusses the role of rule in language as well as the role of the linguist in preserving and/or altering the rules. The article lists three terms and the distinctions among them emerging from Harris's viewpoint: law of nature, rule, and regularity. (14 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Attitudes, Language Standardization
Li Lee, May-yu – 1983
Two experiments were undertaken in Hong Kong to examine sociocultural factors in the speech acts of making apologies in Cantonese. The first experiment involved ten men who were given role cards describing various situations with minor to serious problems for which they must apologize. The influence of certain situational variables on the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cantonese, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis
