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Ariel, Mira – Journal of Linguistics, 1988
Argues that referring expressions in all languages are specialized as to the degree of accessibility they mark. The treatment of referring expressions should not be separate from expressions which serve as antecedents as opposed to those which are always anaphoric. (CB)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Universals, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory
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Blum, Shoshana; Levenston, E. A. – Language Learning, 1978
Demonstrates the operation of the universal principles of lexical simplification, through an examination of its use in translation; second language learning and teaching, and simplified reading texts. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Research, Language Universals, Language Usage