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Skelton, John – Use of English, 1983
Argues that the application of a linguistic framework to the study of literature provides a vocabulary with which certain features may be discussed, may communicate certain aspects of literary language to students, and offers a new venture to the study of literature. (HOD)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Styles, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory
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Woodill, Gary; Davidson, Iain F. W. K. – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1989
The language of special education professionals is discussed as both a language game and a professional discourse and is analyzed at the level of semiotics. The semiotics of special education is broken down into the use of generative metaphors, keywords, and signs of difference. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Language Patterns
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Fries, Peter H. – English in Australia, 1979
Illustrates how a linguist might approach literary analysis, emphasizing the behaviors of the reader. Discusses four kinds of signals of meaning, including the lexical, the grammatical, the thematic, and the cohesive. (RL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Linguistics
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Nichols, Johanna; Peterson, David A. – Language, 1998
Responds to a commentary on a 1996 paper that surveyed pronominal systems with first person n and second person m and showed that the n:m system is insufficient to prove genetic relatedness among languages exhibiting it, suggesting that the commentary was based on misunderstandings. The response addresses the commentary's discussion of study…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Genetics, Language Patterns, Language Research
Kevelson, Roberta – 1980
The first part of this essay argues specifically that legal speech acts are not statements but question/answer constructions. The focus in this section is on the underlying interrogative structure of the legal decision. The second part of the paper touches on significant topics related to the concept of legal speech acts, including the philosophic…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Court Litigation, Higher Education, Language Patterns
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Posner, Rebecca – Journal of French Language Studies, 1994
It is proposed that the study of the history of the French language would be enhanced by combining the methodology of linguistics with that of history proper, examining institutional, cultural, and social history as part of the evolution of a language. Distinctions between variation, innovation, shift, and change are examined. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, French, Innovation, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Moore, John Noell – Theory into Practice, 1998
Presents basic working principles and a vocabulary of semiotics for classroom teachers; interprets semiotically a story from the teaching of "Romeo and Juliet" that reveals the literary and nonliterary texts of students' lives; and demonstrates semiotic approaches to two texts that illustrate how to locate literature in the context of…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Decoding (Reading), High Schools, Language Patterns
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Lake, Randall A. – Communication Monographs, 1986
Examines the challenge posed by the naturalist philosophy of language--the view that the meanings of symbols are fixed by the environment. Compares the naturalist philosophy with that presented in an activist Native American essay that argues for the preservation of traditional native languages. (SRT)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Communication (Thought Transfer), Definitions, Language
Russell, William J., Ed. – 1976
The edited transcript of an informal panel discussion about discourse conducted by the Discourse Linguistics Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association is presented in this pamphlet. The transcript also includes comments by the chairperson and by audience members. Among the topics covered in the discussion are the…
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cross Cultural Studies
Kies, Daniel – 1985
A discussion of what functional linguistic research can offer teachers of composition and English is presented in this paper, which provides examples of different levels of analysis (phonology, morphology, and syntax) for the language of a variety of populations (including traditional freshmen, basic writers, English as a second language (ESL)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, English Instruction, English (Second Language)
Matthiessen, Christian – 1987
Taking the lexicogrammatical resources (i.e. the vocabulary and syntax) of English as a starting point, this report explores the demands those resources put on the design of the part of a text generation system that supports the process of lexicogrammatical expression. The first section of the report notes that a reason for using the lexicogrammar…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Uses in Education
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Aski, Janice M. – Italica, 1996
Focuses on how the foreign language instructors' understanding of the historical development of forms and systematic language patterns enhances classroom presentations by transforming lists of irregularities and exceptions into coherent groups of related elements. Discusses examples of structures traditionally presented in lists or tables and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Diachronic Linguistics, French, Grammar