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Peer reviewedAnderson, John – Journal of Linguistics, 1990
An examination of the syntactic consequences of a notionalist grammar assumption supports the differentiation of major word classes in terms of combinations of notional features and predication or nominality components. (35 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Language Patterns, Lexicology, Linguistic Theory
Download full textReider, Michael – Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1996
This paper presents an alternative analysis of tough constructions for N. Chomsky's 1981 wh-movement analysis of tough constructions. To replace Chomsky's solution and to obviate the need for generalized transformations in Government-Binding (GB) theory, an alternative analysis is proposed in which the tough subject originates as an embedded…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
Peer reviewedRosen, Carol – Italica, 1987
Offers a sampling of results achieved by Relational Grammar in exposing "hidden rules" behind various facts of Italian, major conspicuous facts as well as tiny arcane ones. (CB)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Italian, Language Patterns, Language Rhythm
Davila, Sonia I. – 1983
This paper provides an overview of recent developments in the science of linguistics, and considers their relevance to the teaching of Spanish in Puerto Rico. First, three significant trends are explained and summarized: (1) structuralism, which emphasizes phonetics, pattern, and distribution, and rejects meaning as a tool of analysis; (2)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory, Native Language Instruction
Metaphors for the Description of Acquisition Data: From Constituency "Trees" to Dependency "Frames."
Robinson, Peter J. – IRAL, 1990
Explains the differences between constituency and dependency theories for structural linguistics. Reasons are provided for why the former has been indirectly responsible for the neglect of lexical acquisition in language acquisition research and for proposing a notation based on dependency theory for describing learners' segmentation of initially…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Processing
Frank, Marcella – 1993
Two developments in 20th-century grammar are discussed, focusing on aspects that may be useful in training teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL). The two developments are (1) the large descriptive grammars based on usage surveys, which give a systematic and detailed presentation of facts of usage, and (2) procedures for analyzing a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Grammar
Pennanen, Esko – 1984
Conversion, the deliberate transfer of a word from one part of speech to another without any change in its form, is a typically English phenomenon, conditioned but not caused by the extensive wearing-off of word endings and weakening of inflections. It has typically been treated as a syntactic matter, since no new words are produced, and its…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Diachronic Linguistics, English, Form Classes (Languages)
