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Download full textMaye, Jessica, Ed.; Miyashita, Mizuki, Ed. – 1998
This document contains the full texts of six papers that were presented at the Southwest workshop on optimality theory. Papers include the following: "Shuswap Diminutive Reduplication" (Sean Hendricks); "On Multiple Sympathy Candidates in Optimality Theory" (Hidehito Hoshi); "A Perceptually Grounded OT Analysis of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Hebrew
Dooley, Robert A., Ed.; Meyer, Jim, Ed. – 1993
This volume of work papers from the Summer Institute of Linguistics includes the following: "Goals and Indirect Objects in Seri" (Stephen A. Marlett); "Seri Kinship Terminology" (Mary B. Moser and Stephen A. Marlett); "Quiegolani Zapotec Phonology" (Sue Regnier); "Role and Reference Grammar" (Robert D. Van…
Descriptors: Grammar, Kinship Terminology, Linguistic Theory, Phonology
Barker, Chris, Ed.; Dowty, David, Ed. – 1992
Papers from the conference on semantics and linguistic theory include the following: "Definiteness, Existentials, and the 'List' Interpretation" (Barbara Abbott); "Strong and Weak Novelty and Familiarity" (Cleo Condoravdi); "The Singular-Plural Distinction in Hindi Generics" (Veneeta Srivastav Dayal);" Adverbial…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Arabic, Grammar, Hindi
Redden, James E., Ed. – 1977
This volume consists of the following ten papers, which were presented at the second Hokan-Yuman Languages Workshop, held at the University of California at San Diego in June 1976: (1) "The Havasupai Writing System," by Rena Crook, Leanne Hinton, and Nancy Stenson; (2) "The Upland Yuman Numeral System," by Martha B. Kendall;…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Grammar
Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (TRANEL), 1983
The nine papers in this collection include: "L'expression du feminin dans l'adjectif latin: Genese et extension de *-ih2 comme morpheme de feminin grammatical en indo-europeen" (The Expression of the Feminine in the Latin Adjective: Genesis and Extension of the -ih2' as Grammatical Feminine Morpheme in Indo-European); "Lexikalische…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adolescents, Creativity, Diachronic Linguistics
Redden, James E., Ed. – 1976
The papers in this volume represent revised versions of presentations made at the First Workshop on Yuman Languages held at the University of California, San Diego, June 17-21, 1975. The focus was on the area of syntax, where the least amount of published information had previously been available. Papers presented were: "Syntactic Diversity…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Case (Grammar), Componential Analysis, Dialect Studies
Dooley, Robert A., Ed.; Quakenbush, J. Stephen, Ed. – 1991
The working papers by students and professors of linguistics on research in progress include the following: "Are Cariban Languages Moving Away From or Towards Ergative Systems?" (Desmond D. Derbyshire); "A Double-Verb Construction in Mbya Guarani" (Robert A. Dooley); "Semantically Ergative Languages in Typological…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Determiners (Languages), Foreign Countries, Grammar
Corder, S. P., Ed.; Roulet, E., Ed. – 1975
Papers that address implications of linguistic theory for applied linguistics are presented. In "Some Semantic Properties of Some Conjunctions," W. Abraham is concerned with the function of "but" and its translation equivalents in German and other languages. In "Is It Possible and Necessary to Write Text Grammars?," T. P. Krzeszowski examines the…
Descriptors: Conjunctions, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)
Lepage, Danielle, Ed.; Dominik, Annette, Ed. – 1989
Presentations by students at a colloquium on student research on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the University of Laval's Faculty of Letters, March 18-19, 1988, include: "Une enquete sur la qualite du francais ecrit au Quebec"; "Amenagement linguistique et neologie"; "Analyse syntaxique des 'arrets et retours' en…
Descriptors: Arabic, French, Grammar, Higher Education
Rameh, Clea, Ed. – 1976
These proceedings of the 1976 Georgetown Round Table are divided into four sections that deal with: (1) synchronic and diachronic aspects of semantics; (2) semantics and linguistics; (3) semantics and other disciplines; and (4) semantics and teaching methods. More specifically the papers treat: the semantic interpretation of anaphoric expressions;…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, Diachronic Linguistics
Westphal, German F., Ed.; And Others – 1992
Papers delivered at the conference on linguistics include: "On the Metrical Unity of Latinate Affixes"; "Epistemic Small Clauses and Null Subjects"; "Scrambling as Non-Operator A'-Movement: Variable vs. Null Epithet"; "Polarity, Inversion, and Focus in English"; "Phrasal Input to Derivational Morphology…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Dutch, English, Foreign Countries
Duncan, Erin, Ed.; And Others – 1994
Papers on phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics from a conference on formal linguistics include: "Major Class Alternations" (Young-Mee Yu Cho, S. Inkelas); "On Defining Complex Templates (R. Kager); "Sandhi and Syllables in Classical Sanskrit" (B. Kessler); "Catalexis in Word Stress: Evidence from Spanish and…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Determiners (Languages), Dutch, French
Marlett, Stephen A., Ed.; Speck, Charles H., Ed. – 1996
Research by the staff and advanced students of the North Dakota Summer Institute of Linguistics is presented. In "Verb Agreement and Case Marking in Burushaski" (Stephen R. Willson), an overview of Burushaski morphology and syntax is presented, with special attention to verb agreement and case marking. "A Backwards Binding Construction in Zapotec"…
Descriptors: Burushaski, Chinese, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
Auger, Julie, Ed. – 1988
Student papers presented at a sociolinguistics conference include: "La variation phonologique [d'une voyelle] a Hull"; "La force illocutoire des pronoms personnels 'je' et 'tu' en tant qu'insignes des places d'ou parlent les femmes et les hommes"; "L'emploi des modes indicatif et subjonctif dans le francais parle de la…
Descriptors: Chinese, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, French
Ringbom, Hakan, Ed. – 1983
At irregular intervals, beginning in 1977, Swedish-Finnish conferences on contrastive and applied linguistics have been arranged in Stockholm and Turko/Abo. This volume presents most of the papers given at the 1982 conference. Papers include: "Free Recall of Mixed Language Lists. Error Patterns in Bilingual Memory" (Karin Aronsson, Anja Metsola,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communication Skills, Comprehension, Error Patterns
