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Nuessel, Frank H., Jr. – 1973
A review of traditional and transformational studies on the phenomenon of sentential complementation (noun clauses) reveals many areas of agreement. Although some adherents of generative grammar may have occasionally obscured this aspect because of the offensive nature of their criticism of other modes of analysis, it is seen that, in several…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Form Classes (Languages), Generative Grammar
Hunt, Kellogg W.; O'Donnell, Roy – 1970
The primary purpose of this experiment was to see if instructional materials created for fourth graders could enhance their normal syntactic development, and if these materials would succeed better with black or with white students. For one school year a sentence-combining curriculum was demonstrated on 180 students who had been grouped…
Descriptors: Black Students, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Elementary Education
Palmer, William S. – California English Journal, 1971
A study in which the patterns and possibilities of free modifiers in the writing habits of three students, who were rated low in language ability, is described. The primary purpose of the study was to determine if complicated syntactic elements used as free modifiers could be lifted from the complex subject of grammar and be presented as…
Descriptors: Context Free Grammar, English Instruction, Grade 10, Grammar
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Launer, Michael K. – 1972
Most Russian courses suffer from an inadequate approach to the presentation of syntax even though continued emphasis on syntax from the beginning would help to remove the trial and error syndrome inherent in purely audiolingual methods and would channel the student's efforts to internalize and make automatic his answers in a relevant context, thus…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Cognitive Development, Course Content
Soderbergh, Ragnhild – 1971
The project described in this report examines the development of Swedish-speaking children's syntax from the appearance of the first two-work sentences until all the basic syntactical rules are mastered. The procedures and techniques for the experiment are described and preliminary findings are discussed. Children practice language by repeating an…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Children, Imitation
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Markels, Robin Bell – College English, 1983
Outlines how the current work in linguistics and psychology can be joined with rhetoric in the study of cohesion and suggests the ways in which this synthesis leads to both a literary and philosophical sense of form and a practical pedagogy for teachers. (MM)
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), College English, Deep Structure
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Rose, Shirley K. – College English, 1983
Examines the use of sentence combining as a bridge between grammar and rhetoric during the past 100 years. (MM)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Theories, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
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Campbell, Ian – Babel: Australia, 1997
Argues that a better understanding of the workings of one's first language--English, for most Australians--can facilitate the acquisition and appreciation of another language. The article exploits the morphology and syntax of English in the following areas: liaison, emphasis, stress, separable and inseparable verbs, dental suffixes, weak and…
Descriptors: Culture Contact, Elementary Secondary Education, English, Foreign Countries
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Hall, Christopher J. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1995
Argues that the nature of mental representation contributes little to the specification of synchronic syntactic competence. Psycholinguists, syntacticians, and morphologists can benefit from a collaborative approach to the construction of an integrative model of language and mind, covering competence, representation, processing, and acquisition.…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Cognitive Processes, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Research
Mackey, Allison – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1994
This paper reports on a study of the efficiency of interactive tasks at eliciting targeted morpho-syntactic structures from child speakers of English as a Second Language (ESL). Two groups of subjects between 7 and 10 years of age were examined, one group with various first language backgrounds, and a second which used Spanish as their first…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Fisiak, Jacek, Ed.; Drozdzial, Krystyna, Ed. – 1984
A collection of 14 papers in contrastive linguistics includes: "Some Comments on Language Data in Contrastive Analysis" (Ruta Nagucka); "Contrastive Sociolinguistics Reconsidered" (Karol Janicki); "Variations in Polish Nasal /e/: A Contribution to the Development of Contrastive Sociolinguistic Methodology" (Jane…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Error Analysis (Language), German
Fox, Barry – 1982
Differences between reporting and classificatory functions in writing were examined in the responses of grade 10 and grade 12 students: 60 who were successful English students, and 60 on the borderline of passing in each of the grades. The reporting tasks required students to write compositions describing their first day in a high school or some…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Writing
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
Thayer, James E.; Maraby, Julien – 1966
The basic plan of this course in Sara is modeled after "An Experimental Course in Hausa" (FSI 1965). The course uses short cycles consisting of mimicry followed by conversations built on the same vocabulary and syntactic pattern. The format has been condensed and altered. The course contains 95 cycles and would require approximately 50 hours to…
Descriptors: African Languages, Audiolingual Methods, Cultural Education, Instructional Materials
Nakada, Seiichi – 1977
This paper explores the implications of presumed language universals and language particulars for second language teaching and learning. It is felt that an awareness of the universal features of language design builds confidence in the student who can concentrate on features which distinguish the target language from the native language. Examples…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English, Grammar, Japanese
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