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Odden, David – 1987
A nonlinear approach to phonology that is more constrained than linear theory is proposed. The theory disallows rules of feature changing, resulting in a stronger, more consistent, and more interesting theory. Specifically, it is suggested, and tested with data from Chukchi, that dissimilations and other nonassimilatory rules are rules of feature…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Phonology
Parker, Steve – 1990
A study examined the phonological status of laminal sibilants in Chamicuro, a Maipuran Arawakan language spoken in the Amazonian lowlands of eastern Peru. The phonemic inventory of these sibilants shows a very strong symmetry of three affricates and three corresponding fricatives. However, when the laminal alveolar fricative is considered, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Research, Phonemes
Ishii, Yasuo – 1988
This study attempts to account for the distributional restrictions of Japanese head-internal relative clauses, and the restrictions on accessibility of noun phrases to head internal relativization in terms of the Empty Category Principle (ECP). The data indicate that there is a subject/object asymmetry in the distribution of the head - internal…
Descriptors: Grammar, Japanese, Language Patterns, Language Research
Marlett, Stephen A. – 1990
An analysis of pronouns in Zapotec languages looks at their behavior across the language family, noting where the languages are alike or different. Seven regional Zapotec variations are used for illustration, including: Isthmus; Yatzachi; Yalalag; Texmelucan; Atepec; Guelavia; and Xanaguia. A major conclusion is that the traditional division of…
Descriptors: Classification, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Variation
Dooley, Robert A. – 1989
Switch reference, in which certain clauses contain a signal indicating whether that clause has the same or a different subject, is examined in Mbya Guarani. It is found that most cases can be covered by a grammatical rule stated in terms of the grammatical subjects of the two clauses involved, yielding "same subject" and "different…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Black, Cheryl A. – 1996
Many of the Zapotecan (Mexico) languages have a unique way of signaling co-reference between the subject and the possessor of the object: the subject is null. Analysis of such a construction is problematic to current theories of anaphoric construction. In this analysis, the construction is described and the theoretical problem is underlined by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Cahill, Mike – 1995
The representation of labiovelars in feature geometry is discussed, using primarily evidence from Konni, a Gur language of northern Ghana, and data from some other languages. The discussion is based on an observation that place assimilation of a nasal consonant to labiovelars does not result universally in a labiovelar nasal, as has been theorized…
Descriptors: African Languages, Articulation (Speech), Language Patterns, Language Research
Hristova, Doreana – 1990
The Macedonian verb form corresponding to the form ending in "-l" in French is examined, focusing on the active past participle, which represents the past indeterminate or non-testimonial tense. Special attention is paid to aspectual, modal, temporal, and prosodic values, and all examples are drawn from the two languages. (MSE)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages), French
Tsujimura, Natsuko; Davis, Stuart – 1988
Problems emerging from previous analyses of epenthesis in Japanese verbal endings are discussed and a crucial relationship between epenthesis and assimilation is argued. The focus is on the occurrence of /i/-epenthesis with certain root-final consonants. The analysis, which incorporates the view that assimilation is accomplished by means of…
Descriptors: Consonants, Japanese, Language Patterns, Language Research
Casali, Roderic F. – 1995
A study examined the pattern of formation of glides in a sample of 18 Niger-Congo languages that have substantial glide formation. It is noted first that four basic pattern dualities exist, with language-specific variations, determine by whether or not: (1) glide formation applies to both front and round first vowels or round first vowels only;…
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Research
Kelly, John – 1992
An analysis of the phonological phenomenon of "isinkalakahliso" or palatalization in Xhosa, a Bantu language, is presented, focusing on its occurrence in the passive form of verbs. First, earlier theories about the phenomenon are discussed and compared, and a new analysis is offered. It is concluded that this conceptualization of…
Descriptors: Bantu Languages, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Patterns
Proulx, Paul – 1991
An analysis of pronouns in Proto-Algic, the ancestor of Proto-Algonquian and other languages, revealed that the Proto-Algic demonstrative roots and locatives had three inflectional endings, referring to spatial or temporal distributions of entities, which evolve into the gender systems of Yurok and Algonquian. Proto-Algic had two discourse…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Ishikawa, Minako – 1989
This analysis of repeated utterances in Japanese conversational discourse focuses on repetition as an expression of iconicity. In the analysis of a 30-minute conversation among 4 Japanese speakers, the iconic meanings expressed by both reduplication and conversational repetition are highlighted. The iconicity characteristic of conversational data…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Japanese, Language Patterns
Hristova, Doreana – 1990
In both French and Macedonian there are constructions that are reminiscent of the passive but their meaning is active. In French this occurs with participial statements that appear to have either an instrumental relationship or be a chronological marker (e.g., "le dejeuner fini,..."). In Macedonian, one only adds a marker showing…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, French, Language Patterns
Arrieta, Kutz; And Others – 1986
The extent to which Basque displays ergative characteristics (an ergative language treats the underlying subject of intransitive clauses alike in some manner and differently from the underlying subject of transitive clauses) in its syntax is examined. The amount of evidence needed to conclude that Basque or any other language is ergative is…
Descriptors: Basque, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
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