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NAYLOR, KENNETH E. – 1966
THE CAKAVIAN GROUP OF SERBO-CROATIAN DIALECTS CAN BE RECLASSIFIED USING SYNCHRONIC CRITERIA RATHER THAN TRADITIONALLY USED DIACHRONIC CRITERIA. THE APPROACH IS TYPOLOGICAL RATHER THAN GENETIC AND COMPARES THE NOMINAL MORPHOLOGICAL AND MORPHOPHONEMIC SYSTEMS OF SEVEN DIALECTS SELECTED TO PROVIDE A GEOGRAPHICAL SAMPLING OF THE CAKAVIAN GROUP.…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, Language Classification
MA, ROXANA; NEWMAN, PAUL – 1966
IN RECENT YEARS IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF THE LANGUAGES IN THE LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSIFIED SUB-SAHARAN AREA OF NORTHERN NIGERIA, THE NORTHERN CAMEROONS, AND THE CHAD REPUBLIC, INCLUDING MANY OF THE LANGUAGES OF THE JOS PLATEAU GROUP, CAN BE CLASSIFIED AS A SINGLE LINGUISTIC UNIT--THE CHAD FAMILY. BY USING THE TRADITIONAL…
Descriptors: Afro Asiatic Languages, Chad Languages, Comparative Analysis, Consonants
Download full textRogers, Andy, Ed.; And Others – 1977
The ten papers in this volume are largely revisions of papers presented at the Texas conference, held March 22-24, 1973. The first paper, "Against Universal Semantic Representation," by Gilbert Harman, argues against the need for (and the possibility of) a level of semantic representation in a theory of language. "Remarks on the…
Descriptors: English, Generative Grammar, Language, Language Classification
Laird, Helene; Laird, Charlton – 1960
The first part of this text for young students provides an introduction to the origins of language, the beginnings of writing, and the making of an alphabet. The second part, "Word Stories," presents the etymologies of over 100 common English words in simplified, nontechnical style. Special terms are explained in a prefatory section. A word and…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Books, Childrens Literature, Diachronic Linguistics
Curtis, W. Scott; Donlon, Edward T. – 1969
Descriptions by various professionals of 70 multiply handicapped deaf-blind children evaluated at the Syracuse University Center for the Development of Blind Children were examined for terminology used to describe the child and his life situation. Purposes were to develop some epidemiological characteristics of the multiply handicapped, deaf-blind…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Deaf Blind, Evaluation Methods
PDF pending restorationBell, Alan – 1971
A particular aspect of syllable structure, length of syllable margins, was investigated with the aid of a Markov chain model. The model represented explicitly the dynamic relationship between types of syllable structure and the historical processes that affect them. It is proposed that the regularities concerning syllable types (universality of CV…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Classification, Language Patterns, Language Typology
Dunatov, Rasio – Slavic and East European Journal, 1963
The reappearance of an old controversy on how best to analyze the Russian palatalized consonants prompts the author of this article to define the words "palatalization" and "palatal." Contrastive examples clarify phonetic terminology including the classifications of "labial voiced and voiceless palatalized stops,""labial voiced and voiceless…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Classification
Yost, James – Indian Historian, 1976
Major concerns of this article are: (1) the American Indian languages and their preservation; (2) their role; (3) the possibilities of change; (4) the debate on classification; and (5) the unique language characteristics of certain tribes (the Nez Perce, the Noptinte Yokuts, the Shoshoni, the Malecite-Passamquoddy). (JC)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Change Agents, Language Classification, Language Role
Katzner, Kenneth – 1995
This survey of languages of the world begins with a chart of about 500 languages, organized in 21 language families. Within each family are listed subgroups and the major and minor languages within those subgroups. The chart is followed by a brief description of each language family. This in turn is followed by individual descriptions of the more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Distribution, Language Classification, Language Role
Peer reviewedMowery, Robert L. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1973
Because the Library of Congress Classification system classifies the various literatures of Africa by the language in which these literatures were originally written, it scatters them throughout subclasses PJ-PZ. Classification by an alternative means is proposed. (11 references) (Author/RS)
Descriptors: African Languages, African Literature, Cataloging, Classification
Fonfrias, Ernesto Juan – Yelmo, 1973
Paper presented at a symposium on the preservation of the Spanish language in the U.S., August 7-10, 1973, Mexico City, Mexico. (SK)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language Classification, Language Standardization
Peer reviewedBowers, John; Fisher, E. A. – Convergence, 1972
A classification system for educational statistics, the International Standard Classification of Education, was created to compare statistics on adult education. However, it is necessary to untangle the terminology associated with adult education in order to utilize ISCED. Authors attempt to restate and refine terms and concepts for that purpose.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Concept Formation, Definitions, Educational Planning
Peer reviewedBlack, Paul – Language Sciences, 1972
Author funded by grants from the National Science Foundation and the Consilium for African Studies of Yale University. Research undertaken with the cooperation of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies of Haile Selassie I University. (VM)
Descriptors: Afro Asiatic Languages, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Sanchez, Rosaura – El Grito: A Journal of Contemporary Mexican-American Thought, 1972
Written in Spanish, this article discusses the linguistic condition of the Spanish language among the Mexican American population today. (NQ)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Language Classification, Language Patterns, Language Styles
Iwlewa, G. G. – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1972
Descriptors: Adjectives, Communication Skills, German, Language Classification
