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Peer reviewedBaalbaki, Ramzi – Al-Arabiyya, 1986
Reviews literature pertaining to the subtle differences between the meanings of the particles "waw al-ma iyya" and "fa al-sababiyya," emphasizing their construction differences. (CB)
Descriptors: Arabic, Phrase Structure, Semantics, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
Peer reviewedThalji, Abdel-Majid I. – Al-Arabiyya, 1986
Shows, on empirical grounds, that a verb phrase (VP) is absent in the Arabic sentence structure through specific examination of the language's syntactic property. (CB)
Descriptors: Arabic, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages), Phrase Structure
Peer reviewedJaworska, Ewa – Journal of Linguistics, 1986
Discusses the use of prepositional phrases as subjects and objects through consideration and analysis of: (1) characteristics of such phrases; (2) category status of prepositional phrases in typical noun phrase positions; and (3) sentences containing prepositional phrases in typical noun phrase positions. (CB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Deep Structure, English, Nouns
Sternglass, Marilyn S. – 1979
Combining concepts of cognitive theory with those of rhetoric and linguistics can help writing teachers understand the kinds of activities that will enable basic writers to produce syntactic constructions appropriate for the content they have generated. A review of research studies of sentence combining, syntactic constructions, grammatical…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Kernel Sentences, Language Processing, Memory
