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Geis, Michael L. – 1988
A new theory of speech acts is proposed that draws a fundamental distinction between speech acts proper--declaratives, interrogatives, and directives--and the myriad social actions that are performed using language such as making promises, making offers, issuing invitations, and asking questions. The theory states that sentences are usally meant…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Discourse Analysis, Language Patterns, Language Research
Bjurlof, Thomas; Jamieson, Dale – 1978
It has long been said that there are an infinite number of English sentences. "This is the cat that caught the rat" is an Enqlish sentence. So is "This is the cat that caught the rat that stole the cheese.""This is the cat with white paws that caught the rat that stole the cheese" is unobjectionable as well. Since a…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Deep Structure, English, Grammar
Rodman, Robert – 1972
A number of grammatical transformations are studied which often, but not always, involve the movement of constituents. Data from English, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Mandarin Chinese and Thai are investigated in an attempt to discover a principle (of potentially universal scope) that governs certain constraints that must be imposed on these…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, English, Grammar

Milner, Joseph O. – 1977
A study was undertaken to see whether developmental patterns of language acquisition could be discovered in children beyond age five. Specifically, the study attempted to uncover a pattern in the development of the skill of stress interpretation, or the understanding of the effect of emphasis of a particular word on the deep structure of the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Deep Structure, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Warren, Beatrice – 1984
Transferred epithets, adjectives that appear to have been transferred from adverb to prenominal position (e.g., "I balanced a thoughtful lump of sugar..."), have been viewed as unanalyzable both grammatically and from the viewpoint of transformational derivation. However, another explanation is that these combinations show patterns…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Body Language, Deep Structure