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Peer reviewedHasegawa, Yoko – Language and Communication, 1993
Using framework of prototype semantics, TE-constructions (type of verbal construct in Japanese), are categorized according to underlying metaphors and related to central TE-construction in which K- 1K- indicate both motion and direction in physical space. Through descriptions, discussions, and examples, it is demonstrated that no adequate…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Japanese, Language Research, Semantics
Peer reviewedWeiner, E. Judith; DePalma, Paul – Language and Communication, 1993
Describes a category of riddles based on lexical ambiguity and uses category theory to illustrate the function of the accessibility hierarchy in riddling. A discussion of riddles and parallelism (the tendency to stay on the same syntactic, semantic, pragmatic track while processing language) shows how parallelism partially accounts for how the…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Language Processing, Lexicology, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedBaugh, John – Language and Communication, 1992
An idealized model of mutual second dialect acquisition in a bidialectal speech community is presented, placed in historical context, and used to illustrate the inherent social nature of hypercorrection and hypocorrection. The controversy surrounding hypercorrection for Black English is reviewed, and hypocorrection is shown to reinforce…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Black Dialects, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory
