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Hamano, Shoko – 1998
This study explores sound-symbolic, or mimetic, words in the Japanese language, the majority of which are never entered in Japanese dictionaries, and which may not be fully understood in all their nuances by native speakers. The extensiveness of the sound-symbolic system is related to the semantic under-differentiation of Japanese verbs. An…
Descriptors: Ideography, Japanese, Language Patterns, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Hankamer, Jorge, Ed.; Aissen, Judith, Ed. – 1976
The following articles on syntax and semantics were researched at the Harvard Syntax Workshop: (1) "Clause Reduction in Spanish," by Judith Aissen and David Perlmutter; (2) "Reduced WH-Questions," by Robin Bechhofer; (3) "Reduction in Conjoined WH-Questions," by Robin Bechhofer; (4) "On Subject-to-Object Raising…
Descriptors: Arabic, German, Greek, Language Research
Scarcella, Robin C., Ed.; Krashen, Stephen D., Ed. – 1980
The following papers are included: (1) "The Theoretical and Practical Relevance of Simple Codes in Second Language Acquisition" (Krashen); (2) "Talking to Foreigners versus Talking to Children: Similarities and Differences" (Freed); (3) "The Levertov Machine" (Stevick); (4) "Acquiring a Second Language when You're Not the Underdog" (Edelsky and…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Influences, Diaries, Language Processing
Brown, Gillian, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This collection of 10 reports focuses on research in the area of language and understanding, with emphasis on the effects of such research on language teaching and applied linguistics. The reports address issues in psycholinguistics, pragmatics, second language acquisition, syntax, text linguistics, language testing, and sociolinguistics. The…
Descriptors: Definitions, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency
Erickson, Joan Good, Ed.; Omark, Donald R., Ed. – 1981
This collection provides information on the communicative assessment, bilingualism, concepts in testing, and assessing language in context. The text is comprised of the following chapters: (1) "Communication Assessment of the Bilingual Bicultural Child," by J. Erickson; (2) "Concepts in Bilingualism and Their Relationship to Language Assessment,"…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
Hatch, Evelyn Marcussen – 1983
Perspectives of the field of psycholinguistics and second language research are examined to provide a broader understanding of language learning and language behavior. Psycholinguistics, which uses the approaches of psychology and linguistics is defined as the search for an understanding of how humans comprehend and produce language. Based on the…
Descriptors: Age, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Hillocks, George, Jr. – 1986
Reflecting changes in the focus and methodology of writing research over the past 20 years, this book provides a meta-analysis of studies on teaching approaches and focuses on composition instruction at the elementary, secondary, and college levels. The first chapter of the book examines general studies of the composing process, studies of process…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar
James, Carl – 1980
Contrastive analysis is viewed as an interlinguistic, bidirectional phenomenon which is concerned with both the form and function of language. As such, contrastive analysis must view language psycholinguistically and sociolinguistically as a system to be both described and acquired. Due to the need for a psychological component in the analysis,…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis
Archibald, John; Roy, Sylvie; Harmel, Sandra; Jesney, Karen – Online Submission, 2004
This review of the current literature on second language learning was to inform the following four questions: (1) what are the effects of learning a second language on the first language? (2) What is the role of content instruction in offering a second language? (3) What are the effects of learning a second language on students with special needs?…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Syntax, Special Needs Students
Fantini, Alvino E. – 1985
An ongoing longitudinal study, 15 years old at the time of publication, is reported. It is a sociolinguistic, developmental study of the acquisition of two languages, Spanish and English, by a boy from birth, with data drawn from direct observation and occasional tape recordings of speech. An introductory chapter outlines the objectives and method…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Language, Children
Pierce, Joe E. – 1979
A variety of types of evidence are examined to help determine the true nature of "deep structure" and what, if any, implications this has for linguistic theory as well as culture theory generally. The evidence accumulated over the past century on the nature of phonetic and phonemic systems is briefly discussed, and the following areas of…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Child Language, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics
McQuade, Donald A. – 1986
Intended to chart the interconnections of linguistics, stylistics, and the teaching of composition, this book encourages a productive collective effort to cultivate linguistics among teachers of writing. Chapter titles and their authors are as follows: (1) "Grammar in American College Composition: An Historical Overview" (R. J. Connors);…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Content Area Writing, Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)