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Prado, Eduardo – Yelmo, 1975
A list enumerating the basic rules for the use of the subjunctive in Spanish is provided. (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)
Descriptors: Language Usage, Sentence Structure, Spanish, Traditional Grammar
Peer reviewedKruck, William E. – Exercise Exchange, 1982
Offers exercises designed to teach college freshmen the characteristics of the participial modifier. The exercises are based on a form of programed teaching that involves a high degree of student involvement, repeatedly presenting students with a stimulus, and asking for a quick, patterned response. (FL)
Descriptors: Adjectives, English Instruction, Higher Education, Sentence Structure
Schafer, Paul J. – Elem Engl, 1970
Recommends a return to the traditional approach of studying grammar via sentence diagraming. (SW)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Patterns, Sentence Diagraming, Sentence Structure
Peer reviewedChervel, Andre – Langue Francaise, 1979
Provides a history of the development of the theory of the "circumstantial" in grammar, presents its chief concepts, and discusses its implications for a theory of semantics. (AM)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Phrase Structure
Peer reviewedChevalier, Jean-Claude – Langue Francaise, 1979
Traces the development of French "grammatical analysis" and "logical analysis," from the 16th century concept of syntax, to 19th century pedagogy. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Sentence Structure
Peer reviewedMarchello-Nizia, Christiane – Langue Francaise, 1979
Examines the traditionally prestigious status of the sentence in grammatical analysis, and traces the history of the word "phrase" as a part of French grammatical language. (AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
Berne, Stanley – 1976
The central thesis of this book is that the laws of traditional "command grammar" are an obstruction to expression and are too difficult for a majority of people to master, as demonstrated by a progressive deterioration in general literacy skills. The book contends that the structure of the sentence is at the source of the present difficulties. It…
Descriptors: Grammar, History, Innovation, Language
Capet, Bernard; Dumas, Jean-Pierre – Pedagogie, 1973
Descriptors: Educational Change, French, Grammar, Language Instruction
Chomsky, Noam – Educ Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Classification, English, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis
Peer reviewedWall, Dana – English Journal, 1971
Examines the reasons for and the value of, teaching grammar through drill. Suggests other methods for teaching effective oral and written communication. (RB)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Elementary Education, Function Words, Linguistics
Peer reviewedKinloch, A. M.; And Others – English Quarterly, 1985
Describes calls to a grammar hot line about usage, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Concludes that many people besides educators and professional writers care about exact and accurate language usage. (EL)
Descriptors: Information Services, Information Sources, Language Skills, Language Usage
Goba, Ronald Joseph – Engl J, 1969
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, English Instruction, Grammar, Language Usage
Klein, Jean Rene – Revue des Langues Vivantes, 1978
Presents an overview of the treatment of linguistic principles in recent French grammar books. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistics
Mahmoudian, Morteza – Linguistique, 1975
This article examines the definitions "syntagmeme" and "syntheme" and the criteria which distinguish one from the other. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Usage, Morphology (Languages), Sentence Structure
Martinet, Andre – Linguistique, 1977
An attempt to clarify terms and to better describe certain elements in the author's own theory in view of a more exact interpretation of functional grammar. A grammatical function is defined; relationships within a sentence and possible choices among relationships are discussed. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: French, Function Words, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
