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D'Eugenio, Antonio – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1977
This article concentrates on problems faced by Italians when learning the stress of English single, cognate, and compound words. (CHK)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Intonation
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Tomaskovic-Devey, Barbara; Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald – American Sociological Review, 1988
Proposes a model of ethnic behavior that describes group behavior as constrained by the following aspects of social structure: demographic opportunity, economic opportunity, and cultural heritage. Tests the model by comparing the single ancestry rates of the following ethnic groups: Italian, Polish, Slovak, and Hungarian. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cultural Background, Demography, Economic Opportunities
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Cossu, Giuseppe; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1988
Comparison of Italian and English-speaking children's (N=200) segmentation abilities indicated that the discrepancies between the language groups reflected the children's phonologic and orthographic differences. (CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
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Rosen, Carol – Italica, 1987
Offers a sampling of results achieved by Relational Grammar in exposing "hidden rules" behind various facts of Italian, major conspicuous facts as well as tiny arcane ones. (CB)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Italian, Language Patterns, Language Rhythm
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Consoli, Eleonora – Language in Society, 1987
Reports on research investigating nonreciprocity of address to female teachers in secondary schools in Catania, Sicily, where male teachers were always addressed with their academic, professional titles (which have great, overt prestige in southern Italy) and women were frequently addressed as "signora" or "signorina" in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interprofessional Relationship, Italian, Language Attitudes
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Stefanini, Ruggero – Italica, 1976
Presents a scheme directed towards Italian language Teaching Assistants teaching subject and object pronouns, and discusses the etymology and diachronic development of these forms. (Text is in Italian.) (AM)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Etymology
Matthey, Marinette, Ed. – Bulletin suisse de linguistique appliquee, 2002
This special issue, written in French, is dedicated to highlighting the past 74 issues of the journal since its inception 35 years ago. The first article reflects on the journal's history and evolution, in particular with regard to volume, the distribution of languages (French, German Italian, and Raeto-Roman), the distribution of articles written…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Arabic, Arabs, Dictionaries
Carroli, Piera – 2001
This study investigated college students' levels of understanding of texts and reading processes, noting how they changed through a cycle of individual reading and writing followed by classroom comparison of students' responses, text re-reading, and re-writing. The study, which followed 17 students of continuing Italian over 6 weeks, involved…
Descriptors: College Students, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries, Hermeneutics
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Panofsky, Gianna Sommi – Italica, 1973
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Interpretive Reading, Italian, Language Instruction
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Pugliese, Olga Zorzi – Italica, 1973
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cultural Influences, Eighteenth Century Literature, English
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Kessler, Carolyn – Language Learning, 1972
Paper presented at the convention of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Washington, D.C., February 1972. (RS)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Deep Structure, English (Second Language)
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Caselli, Ron – Social Studies, 1973
After a review of the role Italian immigrants have played in the development of the United States, the author reflects on the demand currently being made by other ethnic groups that they retain their cultural heritage within the society. The lesson for modern minorities is clear--to make it, one must forget the old ways, the old tongue, the old…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Background, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism
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Goering, John M. – Social Forces, 1971
Reports the findings of a study of the emergence of ethnic interests among a sample of one hundred Irish and Italians, accompanied by significant questioning about the reality of the American dream", and opposition to the demands of Negroes for equal rights. (DM)
Descriptors: Cultural Isolation, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Studies
Schaupp, Manfred – Neueren Sprachen, 1970
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Italian
McBride, Paul W. – Ethnic Groups, 1981
The insularity of Italian Americans is evident in their relationship with the Catholic church in America. By insisting on remaining Catholic, but only on their own terms, the Italians have won no support either from other Catholics, the church hierarchy, or the Protestants who hoped to convert them to Protestantism. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Alienation, Catholics, Church Role, Cultural Isolation
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