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Gonzalez, Rafael Alejo – AILA Review, 2010
Phrasal verbs (PVs) have recently been the object of interest by linguists given their status as phraseological units whose meaning is non-compositional and opaque. They constitute a perfect case for theories of language processing and language acquisition to be tested. Cognitive linguists have participated in this debate and shown a certain…
Descriptors: Verbs, Language Processing, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)
Alisora, T. B. – Russkij Yazyk za Rubezhom, 1973
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, French, Italian, Linguistics
Fici, Francesca Giusti – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1978
Discusses the syntactic differences in expressing wishes or desires in Italian and Russian. (CFM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Expressive Language, Grammar, Italian
Hyams, Nina – 1986
The distinction between core and peripheral grammar made in government-binding theory sheds light on some questions concerning the acquisition of the inflectional morphology of different languages. The schedule for acquisition of the inflectional system may be determined not by the learning of particular affixes but by whether inflection is a core…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Grammar