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Levine, Josie – English for Immigrants, 1968
A method of teaching English syntax to non-native speakers concentrates on the use of visuals and other audiovisual materials. Traditional methods of English instruction have not been successful with immigrant children and examples of alternative approaches are suggested. (RL)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Education, English Instruction, English (Second Language)
Firbas, Jan, Ed.; Hladky, Josef, Ed. – 1969
This festscrift is presented in honor of Josef Vachek, founder of the linguistic section of the Department of English and American studies of the Purkyne University. Papers in the collection represent a wide spectrum of research and thought in linguistics and the English language and are authored by the following: (1) J. Firbas, Brno; (2) M.…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Language Research
Wilks, Yorick – 1972
This paper examines and criticizes Lakoff's notions of a natural logic and of a generative semantics described in terms of logic. The author argues that the relationship of these notions to logic as normally understood is unclear but suggests a number of possible interpretations of the thesis of generative semantics. Further, on these…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Concept Formation, Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory
Ross, John Robert – 1971
This paper investigates a type of grammatical ill-formedness in English which is traceable to the repetition, under certain specified conditions, of present participles, e.g. the verb "continue" cannot occur with participles if it is in the present progressive. The solution to generalizing about ill-formedness of this type is by means of a…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, English

Jaworska, Ewa – Journal of Linguistics, 1986
Discusses the use of prepositional phrases as subjects and objects through consideration and analysis of: (1) characteristics of such phrases; (2) category status of prepositional phrases in typical noun phrase positions; and (3) sentences containing prepositional phrases in typical noun phrase positions. (CB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Deep Structure, English, Nouns

Jordan, Michael P. – Journal of Business Communication, 1982
Introduces and demonstrates the various ways that writers keep track of the main theme of the exposition and how they change signals to and from subtopics to maintain continuity in texts. Concludes with notes on teaching this material. (PD)
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis
Coulon, R. – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1979
Presents an analysis of noun phrases in which the definite article is used and omitted. Several studies are reviewed and two types of occurrences are distinguished: direct (agent, instrument, object) and oblique (locative, dative). The relationships, perceptible in the deep structure, are blurred in the transformations leading to surface…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Determiners (Languages), French, Function Words

Pine, Julian M.; Martindale, Helen – Journal of Child Language, 1996
This study assessed the relative merits of adult-like syntactic and limited scope formula accounts of children's early determiner use to evaluate the claim that children can be said to be operating with a syntactic determiner category early in development. The study focuses specifically on Valian's (1986) criteria for attributing the syntactic…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Determiners (Languages)

Franks, Steven L.; Connell, Phil J. – Journal of Child Language, 1996
Normal and Specific Language Impaired (SLI) children were tested for evidence of the binding domain and orientation properties of their grammars. Results suggest that normal children acquiring English pass through a long-distance binding stage, whereas SLI children behave like very young normal children in requiring the nearest available noun…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Comparative Analysis, Grammar

Wales, M. L. – Language Awareness, 1996
Describes an attempt at an English grammar program for the first year of secondary schooling in Queensland, Australia linked to the grammatical features introduced in the students' second language programs. Outlines the stages of development, including examination of the second language texts and of English course books and deciding on a…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Grammar, Models

Bohnacker, Ute – Language Acquisition, 1997
Addresses phenomena exhibited by young children such as suffixed and free articles, double definiteness, genitives, pronouns, and "nominal style." Shows that analysis of these early data must invoke at least one functional projection above the noun phrase. Findings argue against any claim about the universal absence of functional…
Descriptors: Child Language, Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages)

Bavin, Edith L. – Journal of Child Language, 1990
Focuses on the influence of language specific properties in the acquisition of locative expressions. Some of the claims from literature on the acquisition of locative expressions are discussed and data from the acquisition of Warlpiri are presented and discussed in terms of these claims. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Australian Aboriginal Languages, Case (Grammar), Child Language, Distinctive Features (Language)

Weissenrieder, Maureen – Hispania, 1995
Indirect object doubling is the use of the pronoun "le" with a corresponding noun phrase within the same sentence ("Le regalo el anillo a Karen"). Redefining pronominalization as verb agreement leads to hypotheses that explain the construction's use within discourse. Data from an Argentine novel shows correlations between…
Descriptors: Correlation, Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Theory, Literature Reviews
Azzaro, Gabrielle – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1992
Defines English phrasal verbs (EPVs) and analyzes Italian students problems when studying them. Through contrastive analysis of English and Italian syntax and study of student errors, important insights are offered. (over 100 references) (LET)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Italian

Schachter, Jacquelyn – Second Language Research, 1990
Examines evidence for the presence or absence of one Universal Grammar principle, subjacency, in the grammars of groups of proficient nonnative (Korean, Chinese, Indonesian, Dutch) speakers of English. Results found that, although all subjects were able to correctly judge grammatical sentences, only the Dutch subjects were able to correctly judge…
Descriptors: Chinese, Dutch, English (Second Language), Grammatical Acceptability