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Direct linkGoodman, Kenneth S., Ed.; Wang, Shaomei, Ed.; Iventosch, Mieko, Ed.; Goodman, Yetta M., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Reading in Asian Languages" is rich with information about how literacy works in the non-alphabetic writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) used by hundreds of millions of people and refutes the common Western belief that such systems are hard to learn or to use. The contributors share a comprehensive view of reading as construction…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Literature, Korean Culture, Eye Movements
Download full textKittredge, George Lyman; Arnold, Sarah Louise – Ginn and Company, 1908
The purpose of this book is to set forth the elements of English grammar in their relation to thought and the expression of thought. This object has been the guiding principle in the selection of material, in the treatment of forms and constructions, and in the fashioning of the very numerous illustrative exercises. The Introduction explains in…
Descriptors: English, Grammar, Language Usage, Classification
Kittredge, George Lyman; Arnold, Sarah Louise – Ginn and Company, 1910
The purpose of this book is to set forth the elements of English grammar in their relation to thought and the expression of thought. This object has been the guiding principle in the selection of material, in the treatment of forms and constructions, and in the fashioning of the very numerous illustrative exercises. The Introduction explains in…
Descriptors: English, Grammar, Textbooks, Classification
Okamoto, Tomonori – 1974
This paper is a study of the subclassification of English verbs in generative grammar. It is intended to discuss the subclassification of English verbs in terms of complement types and to investigate the problem of nonlocalization in complement constructions. Some verbs permit a "whether"-complement or a "that"-complement if…
Descriptors: English, Generative Grammar, Language Classification, Linguistic Theory
Hauser, Robert M., Ed.; Edley, Christopher F., Jr., Ed.; Koenig, Judith Anderson, Ed.; Elliott, Stuart W., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2005
The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) is a household survey conducted periodically by the Department of Education that evaluates the literacy skills of a sample of adults in the United Stages ages 16 and older. NAAL results are used to characterize adults literacy skills and to inform policy and programmatic decisions. The Committee on…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Evaluation Methods, English, Basic Skills
Williams, Joseph M. – 1975
A social and linguistic history of the English language is presented in this book. Part 1, "History and Language," discusses such topics as the aims of language history, the beginning of language, grammars, and language meaning. Part 2, "Words and Meanings," explores Old English, Middle English, the establishment of modern English, creating new…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English, Higher Education, History
Sonomura, Marion Okawa – 1996
Going beyond mere grammaticality, this book examines the basic writing skills of a group of community college students in Hawaii for errors in idiomaticity, or native-like appropriateness of expression. The book suggests criteria for the classification of "phrasematic" expressions, and a convenient terminology comprising idioms,…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Classification, Community Colleges, English
