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Menon, Sujatha; Mukundan, Jayakaran – International Education Studies, 2012
This paper analyses the discourse of science through the study of collocational patterns of high frequency noun keywords in science textbooks used by upper secondary students in Malaysia. Research has shown that one of the areas of difficulty in science discourse concerns lexis, especially that of collocations. This paper describes a corpus-based…
Descriptors: Phrase Structure, Nouns, Computational Linguistics, Discourse Analysis
Thomas, Earl W. – 1974
This is a first-year text of Portuguese grammar based on the Portuguese of moderately educated Brazilians from the area around Rio de Janeiro. Spoken idiomatic usage is emphasized. An important innovation is found in the presentation of verb tenses; they are presented in the order in which the native speaker learns them. The text is intended to…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Determiners (Languages), Dialects, Grammar
Bardakjian, Kevork B.; Thomson, Robert W. – 1977
This textbook is designed as a first-year course at the undergraduate level. It is specifically aimed at students with no prior knowledge of Armenian, and emphasis has been placed on the numerous subtleties and nuances of Armenian which might seem strange or difficult to English speakers. In the text, stress has been put on explaining the grammar…
Descriptors: Armenian, Form Classes (Languages), Glossaries, Grammar
Hoch, Ernst – 1964
This Bemba grammar begins with an introduction which traces the history of the language, stresses the importance of learning it well and offers hints towards achieving this goal. The grammar itself is divided into three major sections: Part 1, "Phonetics," deals with the Bemba alphabet, tonality, and orthography; Part 2, "Parts of Speech,"…
Descriptors: Adjectives, African Languages, Bantu Languages, Bemba
Meyer-Myklestad, J. – 1967
This textbook of Modern English combines a diachronic and synchronic approach to present a study of English syntax. The book attaches great importance to precise definitions of the various parts of speech and of their grammatical function, and provides a large number of idiomatic examples to illustrate rules and uses. Historical background is…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Descriptive Linguistics, Determiners (Languages)
Hatch, Evelyn – 1969
This document reports an investigation of the developmental changes in the use of certain syntactic structures by white, monolingual, middle class five- and seven-year-olds, and of the differences between the syntax of young children and that used in beginning reading textbooks. Approximately half of the publication presents the methods and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten
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Reed, Irene; And Others – 1977
A grammar of the Central Yupik Eskimo language, spoken in western Alaska, is presented. Although there are several dialects within this area, Yupik is a single language. The first half of this book leans toward the Yukon dialect in the vocabulary sections, while the second half leans toward the Kuskokwim dialect. However, alternate vocabulary…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Dialects, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Eskimos