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Hamano, Shoko – 1998
This study explores sound-symbolic, or mimetic, words in the Japanese language, the majority of which are never entered in Japanese dictionaries, and which may not be fully understood in all their nuances by native speakers. The extensiveness of the sound-symbolic system is related to the semantic under-differentiation of Japanese verbs. An…
Descriptors: Ideography, Japanese, Language Patterns, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Nguyen, Dinh-Hoa – 1997
A descriptive introduction to the Vietnamese language is presented. An introductory chapter gives an overview of the population using Vietnamese, its affiliation with Chinese and other languages, dialects, role in religion, history, writing systems, syllabic structure, and body language. Chapter 2 describes its sound system, syllable boundaries,…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Patterns, Morphology (Languages)
Bergsland, Knut, Ed. – 1998
An analysis of Aleut personal names is presented, derived from census data obtained during a 1790-1792 scientific expedition to the Aleutian Islands. The census contained about 1,500 different Aleut male names from 66 villages, listed alphabetically and interpreted here. Some identifiable female names are also included. The work also provides…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Family (Sociological Unit), Females
Blake, Barry J. – 1994
The discussion of case in grammar focuses on the ways relationships between words in sentences are marked. It describes the familiar systems of suffixes, from languages like Latin, and also the roles of prepositions, postpositions, and the use of the pronominal elements on verbs. One feature of case, the recurrence of apparently idiosyncratic…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Case (Grammar), Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Pierce, Joe E. – 1979
A variety of types of evidence are examined to help determine the true nature of "deep structure" and what, if any, implications this has for linguistic theory as well as culture theory generally. The evidence accumulated over the past century on the nature of phonetic and phonemic systems is briefly discussed, and the following areas of…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Child Language, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics
Download full textGuevel, Zelie, Ed.; Valentine, Egan, Ed. – 1998
Essays on the teaching of translation and on specialized translation, all in French, include: "Perspectives d'optimisation de la formation du traducteur: quelques reflexions" ("Perspectives on Optimization of Training of Translation Teachers: Some Reflections") (Egan Valentine); "L'enseignement de la revision…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Dictionaries
Clahsen, Harald, Ed. – 1996
The collection of essays and studies concerning generative grammar and first and second language acquisition includes: "The Optional-Infinitive Stage in Child English: Evidence from Negation" (Tony Harris, Ken Wexler); "Towards a Structure-Building Model of Acquisition" (Andrew Radford); "The Underspecification of…
Descriptors: Basque, Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, English
