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Download full textWinter, Phoebe C., Ed. – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010
In 2006, a consortium of state departments of education, led by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the Council of Chief State School Officers, was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to investigate methods of determining comparability of variations of states' assessments used to meet the requirements of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Alternative Assessment, Spanish, Linguistics
Tosi, Arturo, Ed. – 2003
This book presents a collection of papers resulting from a gathering of a mixed group of translators and language researchers to investigate multilingual translation with a view to seeking consensus and identifying priorities for moving forward. There are 14 papers in 3 parts. Part 1, "Overviews of Languages and Cultures in Contact,"…
Descriptors: Computers, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, English
Woodbury, Anthony C., Ed. – 1992
The eight narratives and tales collected here were told by elders of Chevak, an Alaskan village, and tape-recorded there in 1977 and 1978. An introductory section describes the village, dialect usage, and some background on the stories and story genres. The stories are divided into two parts according to an important native distinction between…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, English, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Folk Culture
Daly, John P.; Daly, Margaret H. – 1980
The working papers in this volume, written by staff and advanced students of the Summer Institute of Linguistics at the University of North Dakota, include the following: "The Antigone Constraint" (David Tuggy); "Clause Types in Southeastern Tepehuan" (Thomas L. Willett); "Sentence Components in Southeastern Tepehuan"…
Descriptors: African Languages, English, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
Chapman, John W.; Kari, James, Ed. – 1981
Sixteen Deg Hit'an (Ingalik) Athabaskan stories recorded by Rev. John W. Chapman during 1887-1905 in Anvik, Alaska, are presented. The stories are retranscribed with the help of current Deg Hit'an speakers, and are accompanied by both interlinear and free translations in English. The materials are intended to serve as reading material for students…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Athapascan Languages, English, Folk Culture
Dollerup, Cay, Ed.; Lindegaard, Annette, Ed. – 1994
This selection of papers starts with insights into multi- and plurilingual settings, then proceeds to discussions of aims for practical work with students, and ends with visions of future developments within translation for the mass media and the impact of machine translation. Papers are: "Interpreting at the European Commission";…
Descriptors: Advertising, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Training
Fisiak, Jacek, Ed.; Drozdzial, Krystyna, Ed. – 1984
A collection of 14 papers in contrastive linguistics includes: "Some Comments on Language Data in Contrastive Analysis" (Ruta Nagucka); "Contrastive Sociolinguistics Reconsidered" (Karol Janicki); "Variations in Polish Nasal /e/: A Contribution to the Development of Contrastive Sociolinguistic Methodology" (Jane…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Error Analysis (Language), German
Cormier, Monique C., Ed.; Francoeur, Aline, Ed. – 1997
Papers on lexicographic research in Quebec (Canada) include: "Indications semantiques dans les dictionnaires bilingues" ("Semantic Indications in Bilingual Dictionaries) (Johanne Blais, Roda P. Roberts); "Definitions predictionnairiques de 'maison, batiment, et pavillon'" ("Pre-dictionary definitions of 'house,…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Definitions, Dictionaries, English
Fisiak, Jacek, Ed. – 1986
A collection of papers on contrastive linguistics includes: "Prototypes and Equivalence" (Tomasz P. Krzeszowski); "Comparing the Incomparable? English Adjectives in "-able" and Their Rendering in Modern Chinese" (Arthur Mettinger); "Classification and Distribution of Lexical Errors in the Written Work of German Learners of English" (Rudiger…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Bilingualism, Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics
Auger, Julie; Rose, Yvan – 1997
Essays on lexicon and vocabulary development, all in French, address these topics: bilingual lexicon in the context of translation; lexical and conceptual representation in bilinguals; pronouns in "existential" constructions in French and English; configurational functions within grammar; Gustaf Stern's diachronic semantic schema; the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language)
Sajavaara, Kari, Ed. – 1983
A collection of 17 papers, most presented at the Fifth International Conference on Contrastive Projects in June 1982 in Finland, includes: "Present Trends in Contrastive Linguistics,""Contrastive Linguistics in Bulgaria,""Communicative Competence in Foreign Language Teaching: A Project Report,""From Traditional…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Children, Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics
