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Benson, Morton – Word, 1959
This paper describes predicate adjective usage in modern standard Russian using a corpus of written Russian derived from "Pravda" (neutral literary style) and "Krokodil" (conversational material). The short, long nominative, and instrumental forms are examined in relation to the type of adjective, copulative verb, sentence subject, and other…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Componential Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages)
Hinds, John – 1974
The "direct discourse analysis" introduced by Susumu Kuno is examined and found to be inadequate. To account for the data Kuno discusses, as well as for related data, a new approach to transformations is suggested. By determining the function, rather than the form, of a transformation, certain predictions are possible. Primary is the…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Discourse Analysis, Form Classes (Languages), Function Words
Parker, Candy – 1971
The course described in this document is designed to acquaint students with people in the school and in the community. Language practice is concentrated on contrasting verb forms. Students participate in oral practice with their teachers and with teaching machines (such as the Language Master, tape recorder, and record player), complete oral and…
Descriptors: Audiodisc Recordings, Community, Course Descriptions, Educational Environment
Niwa, Tamako – 1971
This character workbook is an introduction to Japanese writing designed to be used in conjunction with Parts One and Two of this introductory course in Japanese. All the "hiragana", several "katakana", and 88 Japanese characters are introduced in this text. The workbook, consisting of 30 lessons, is divided into three parts.…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, College Programs, Grammar, Instructional Materials
Gale, Irma F.; Boisvert, Louis – 1971
This study of the negative side of children's writing utilized an experimental group and a control group equalized according to sex and the results of the language sub-tests of the Stanford Achievement Tests. Students wrote two 1,000 word composition samples, one during the first month of the study and one during the ninth month. The purposes of…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Elementary School Students
Longacre, Robert E. – 1972
This study of hierarchy and universality in the languages of New Guinea seeks to describe and place the run-on surface structures found in those languages. In the process, traditional stereotypes of "sentence" and "paragraph" are questioned and revised, while hierarchy -- a fundamental characteristic of language -- is shown to…
Descriptors: Austro Asiatic Languages, Calculus, Classification, Deep Structure
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)
Canale, Michael; And Others – 1976
In this study, the use of the preposition "pour" (for) in Ontario French is analyzed: (1) in its use with the verb "payer" (to pay for), and (2) in its durative meaning. Data come from the written and spoken French of three groups of bilingual Franco-Ontarian students from the ninth and twelfth grade. In the written and spoken…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies
Woodward, James; De Santis, Susan – 1976
This paper examines negative incorporation in various lects of two historically related sign languages, French Sign Language and American Sign Language. Negative incorporation not only offers interesting insights into the structure of French and American Sign Language, but also into the descriptive and explanatory power of variation theory. By…
Descriptors: Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Females
Plewes, S. Frank – 1975
This paper examines the formal means by which Czech distinguishes transitive and intransitive verbs, and specifically the role of the particle "se" in the process usually called "derived intransitivization.""Se" is shown to perform a number of functions which preclude its being called simply an "intransitivizing…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Contrastive Linguistics, Czech, Deep Structure
Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju – 2003
This book describes the phonological and grammatical structure of the whole-Dravidian language family from different aspects, examining its history and writing system, structure and typology, lexicon, and recent contacts between Dravidian and other language groups. The 11 chapters highlight the following: (1) "Introduction" (e.g., the…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Diachronic Linguistics, Dravidian Languages
Wilson, Stephen – 1999
Wagiman is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the northern part of the Northern Territory by about ten people. It possesses an unusual open class of words, which are called coverbs. Most frequently coverbs are paired with an inflecting verb from a closed class to form a complex predicate. This book provides a descriptive and analytical…
Descriptors: Australian Aboriginal Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar

Lee, James F.; Cadierno, Teresa; Glass, William R.; VanPatten, Bill – Applied Language Learning, 1997
Examines the hypothesis that learners focus their attention on lexical instead of grammatical items when processing input for semantic information. The study measured language processing via reconstruction of propositional content and recognition of verb tense within a passage. Results indicate that lexical cues improved reconstruction of a…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Attention, College Students, Grammar

Mansouri, Fethi – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1997
Investigates the effect of competing structures (pragmatics, semantics and morphosyntax) on the development of Arabic subject-verb agreement morphology and marking in Arabic interlanguage among Australian students of Arabic. Findings indicate that linguistic complexity influences the processing strategies employed and determines the order of…
Descriptors: Arabic, College Students, Data Collection, Foreign Countries

Aski, Janice M. – Italica, 1996
Focuses on how the foreign language instructors' understanding of the historical development of forms and systematic language patterns enhances classroom presentations by transforming lists of irregularities and exceptions into coherent groups of related elements. Discusses examples of structures traditionally presented in lists or tables and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Diachronic Linguistics, French, Grammar