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Direct linkVirginia Valian – Language Learning and Development, 2024
The first stage of combinatorial speech is better described as variable than uniform. Talk of variants obscures two different aspects of language (knowledge and use) and two different aspects of language development -- acquisition of the grammar (competence) and deployment of the grammar in speaking and listening (performance). Null subjects and…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Language Acquisition, Language Variation, Grammar
Yang, WeiWei – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2013
The recent "TESOL Quarterly" article by Biber, Gray, and Poonpon (2011) raises important considerations with respect to the use of syntactic complexity (SC) measures in second language (L2) studies. The article draws the field's attention to one particular measure--complexity of noun phrases (NP) (i.e., noun phrases with modifiers, such as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Nouns, Syntax, Second Language Learning
Lederer, Richard – School Press Review, 1990
Explores the paradoxes and vagaries of the English language. Looks at a number of English words and phrases that turn out to mean the opposite of or something very different from what people think they mean. (MG)
Descriptors: English, Language Role, Language Usage, Oral Language
Peer reviewedTodd, Richard Watson – Essential Teacher, 2003
Examines why some sayings and catchphrases stick in people's minds, while others are unrecognized and unused. Offers an answer to this question from an evolutionary standpoint. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Usage, Phrase Structure, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedWasa, Atsuko – Hispania, 2002
The adverbial phrase "a lo mejor" (at best) does not take the subjunctive, although other adverbial expressions of possibility may be followed by either indicative or subjunctive. Examines statements co-occurring with "a lo mejor" from the viewpoint of statement and mood, taking into account communicative discourse function. The study shows that…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Usage
Bhat, K. V. T. – Newsletter of Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, 1978
The properties of "do", its distribution and meaning, are discussed. "Do" is one of the most common error-zones for Indian learners of English. Two analyses of "do" which account for the distribution and meaning of this element are presented. According to the transformational approach, "do" is introduced in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Phrase Structure
Peer reviewedRoen, Duane H. – English Journal, 1984
Warns against the overuse of cohesive conjunctions in writing and recommends that teachers instruct students on contextual use of conjunctions rather than on their random use. (CRH)
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Conjunctions, Connected Discourse
Peer reviewedVigliocco, Gabriella; And Others – Cognition, 1996
Reports four experiments examining subject-verb agreement errors in Spanish and English. Discusses cross-linguistic differences within the framework of the computational model of grammatical encoding proposed by Kempen and Hoenkamp. Suggests that languages differ in the extent to which the selection of the verb is controlled by features on the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English
