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Prado, Marcial – Hispania, 1989
Examines patterns of discrepancies in English and Spanish spelling, at the phonetic and morphological level, that result in orthographic false cognates. Twenty-two patterns are revealed at the phonetic level and 21 patterns are revealed at the morphological level (derivational affixes)--7 in prefixes and 12 in suffixes. (MLS)
Descriptors: English, Language Patterns, Morphology (Languages), Phonetics
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Richman, Stephen – Hispania, 1969
Descriptors: Adjectives, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Grammar
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Garrison, David – Hispania, 1990
Suggests four methods to help students make intelligent guesses and expand their Spanish vocabulary through induction of cognate patterns, including making students consciously aware of cognate patterns; emphasizing general patterns of English abstract words and their corresponding Spanish cognates; enhancing inductive learning strategies through…
Descriptors: English, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Learning Strategies
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Graham, Rosemary – Hispania, 1978
Despite a survey carried out on the teaching of Spanish language in British and Irish universities that showed one-third of the respondents considered the teaching of Spanish intonation unimportant, examples are presented to show that it is necessary in Spanish language instruction. (HP)
Descriptors: English, Higher Education, Intonation, Language Instruction
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Delattre, Pierre; And Others – Hispania, 1962
A detailed, spectrographic analysis of two lectures, given by Diego Rivera and Margaret Mead, which were chosen for their realistic naturalness, permits a graphic presentation and description of the patterns of three types of intonation within the declarative sentence in Spanish and American English. They include a minor continuation (A), major…
Descriptors: English, Intonation, Language Patterns, Linguistics
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Montano-Harmon, Maria Rosario – Hispania, 1991
Analyzes discourse features of compositions written in Spanish by secondary school students in Mexico, draws comparisons with those written in English by Anglo-American students in the United States, and discusses the implications of the results for teaching and evaluating composition skills in Spanish language programs. (29 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English