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Veciana, R. – Yelmo, 1980
Analyzes the uses of "quien" as an interrogative and a relative pronoun with numerous examples from standard spoken Spanish. Emphasizes syntactic and contextual factors, as well as stylistic variations, and explains the contrast between "quien" and "que" as subjects of a relative clause. (MES)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Styles, Pronouns, Semantics
Veciana, R. – Yelmo, 1981
Illustrates with numerous examples and analyses the various uses of "quien." Discusses alternation between "quien" and the groups "el cual"/"el que," variation in the verb agreement, the function of "quien" as an indefinite pronoun, as well as questions of stylistic preference and correctness. (MES)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Styles, Language Usage
Spilka, Irene V. – Meta, 1979
Reviews the grammatical, semantic, and stylistic difficulties in translating English passive constructions into French. (AM)
Descriptors: English, French, Grammar, Language Styles
Fry, Edward – 1982
"Writeability" is concerned with helping writers and editors produce materials on easier readability levels. A major input of most readability formulas is vocabulary difficulty. One way to increase readability is to use simple vocabulary or shorter words since word frequency studies show that more common words are shorter. The other…
Descriptors: Language Styles, Punctuation, Readability, Readability Formulas
Woodman, Leonora – 1982
A theory of style called the doctrine of synonymity argues that the separation of form from content allows the possibility of alternative phrasing. This theory led to the conception that during the writing process, writers consider different ways of phrasing and settle on the formulation that best expresses the meaning intended. However, the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Styles, Learning Theories, Rhetoric
Redden, James E. – SPEAQ Journal, 1979
Analyses the syntactical, semantic, and stylistic characteristics of English passive constructions and stresses the frequency of their occurrence in scientific and technical English. Recommends that for adequate mastery of this special purpose dialect, teachers make students consciously aware of these grammatical structures and of their usage.…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Grammar

Carter, Ronald – Applied Linguistics, 1987
Describes a set of criteria for selection of core vocabulary, with examples given from English. Suggests applications for such a vocabulary in grading reading materials and analyzing stylistics. (LMO)
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, English, Evaluation Criteria, Language Styles

Williams, Joseph M. – College English, 1979
The clearest writing style is one in which the grammatical structures of a sentence most redundantly support the perceived semantic structure; a textured style is one in which the syntactic complexity invests a sentence with distinctive force. (DD)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Styles
Van Lier, Henri – Francais dans le Monde, 1990
Views the Dutch language as analogous to the polder typical of the Netherlands, an area of low-lying land reclaimed from a body of water and protected by dikes. Phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and stylistic analyses are presented. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Cultural Traits, Dutch
Schultz, John – 1987
Advancement of students' abilities to cope with the demands of exposition and argument is noted when they are encouraged to accept mixed diction within a framework of activities that interrelate thinking, speaking, reading, writing, and listening, in the context of the immediate audience of class and teacher. Research indicates that when a weak…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Diction, Higher Education, Language Styles
Gershuny, H. Lee – 1978
The depth and pervasiveness of linguistic symbols of sexual identity, difference, and hierarchy are discussed in this paper. After noting that the language of sexism begins at birth and is recognized and used by preschool children, the paper points to patterns of linguistic sexism in the semantics and syntax of the English language, in written and…
Descriptors: Females, Language Attitudes, Language Styles, Language Usage
Brayfield, Peggy L. – 1983
Novice poetry readers need to realize that there are limits to poetic license, specifically with regard to the order of words in a sentence of poetry. For example, the integrity of independent clauses is not violated--no word placed in one independent clause is meant to be read as an element of another independent clause. Although parenthetical…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Dialects, English Instruction, Grammar
Freed, Barbara F. – 1980
Language skill attrition refers to the loss of any language or portion of a language whether it be the declining use of mother tongue skills, the replacement of one language by another in language contact situations, the deterioration of language in the neurologically impaired or elderly, or the death of whole languages. In this paper, language…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Individual Differences, Language Acquisition, Language Attitudes
Leal, Carmen Fernandez – 1995
This paper considers four levels of analysis in the observation of the prosodic features of pause in speech: phonetic; syntactic; semantic; and informative. On the phonetic level, a pause is related to length and intonation, and intonation in turn, being a result of the speaker's meaning, constitutes an expression of his/her emotional state. On…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Ambiguity, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics