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The Syntax of Hungarian. Cambridge Syntax Guides.
Kiss, Katalin E. – 2002
This book presents a guide to syntax in the Hungarian language. It is intended for students and researchers working on syntax and those interested in Finno-Ugric languages. It describes the key grammatical features of the language, focusing on the phenomena that have proven to be theoretically the most relevant and that have attracted the most…
Descriptors: Grammar, Hungarian, Morphology (Languages), Negative Forms (Language)
A Grammar of Kham. Cambridge Grammatical Descriptions.
Watters, David E. – 2002
This book presents a grammatical documentation of Kham, a previously undescribed language from west-central Nepal which belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family. Its verb morphology has implications for understanding the history of the entire Tibeto-Burman family. The book, based on extensive fieldwork, deals with all major aspects of the…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Morphology (Languages)
Relevant Linguistics: An Introduction to the Structure and Use of English for Teachers. CSLI Lecture Notes.
Justice, Paul W. – 2001
This book addresses the growing need to familiarize classroom teachers with the structure and use of language. Written with future teachers in mind, it addresses the core areas they will find most relevant, introducing them to various types of linguistic analysis while covering the basics of phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax. Seven…
Descriptors: Dialects, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar, Higher Education
New Ways in Teaching Grammar. New Ways in TESOL Series: Innovative Classroom Techniques.
Pennington, Martha C., Ed. – 1995
This book includes 85 ideas for the teaching of grammar, contributed by teachers of English as a Second Language from varied countries. The ideas are organized in 10 sections that include specific aspects of grammar and grammar topics at the discourse level. These include: noun phrases and clauses (adjectives and nouns, articles, subject-verb…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
A Contrastive Study of English and Arabic.
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Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1974
This is a contrastive analysis of English and Modern Literary Arabic. Part one deals with phonology, including suprasegmentals and orthography. Part two deals with morphology, part three with sentence structure, part four with verb phrases, and part five with noun phrases. These sections emphasize structures that present problems to the…
Descriptors: Arabic, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
A Contrastive Study of English and Mandarin Chinese.
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Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1974
This contrastive analysis of English and Mandarin Chinese is designed to introduce ESL teachers to many of the fundamental differences between Chinese and English. This material is intended to assist the teacher in defining the problems that Chinese speakers are likely to have in learning English. The introduction includes information on the…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics