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Peer reviewedReiter, N. – Linguistics, 1977
Presents some examples of differences of meaning, as well as "secondary effects," in noun phrases using or omitting the articles, definite and indefinite, in German, e.g.: "Die Kinder machen Krach,""Die Kinder machen den Krach," and "Die Kinder machen einen Krach!" The question is seen as needing much more research. (WGA)
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), Function Words, German, Language Usage
Peer reviewedKvavik, Karen H. – Linguistics, 1975
The corpus of the study is presented and discussed, problems of Spanish suffix analysis are presented, and then noun usage--suffixed versus unsuffixed nouns, the gender marker in the corpus, the most frequently used suffixes, and general characteristics and trends of usage-are discussed. (SCC)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Research, Language Usage, Morphemes
