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Lazaraton, Anne – IRAL, 1992
A contextual analysis approach was used to explore the semantic, syntactic, and discourse properties of the conjunction "and." Results are discussed in terms of phrasal coordination, and it is shown that "and" occurs with a high frequency in the spoken/written comparison narrative texts examined, with a density of 26.4 to 66.3 tokens per 1,000…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Conjunctions, Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Dagut, Menachem B. – IRAL, 1985
Defines the characteristics of a "teaching grammar" (a text that aims to provide teachers of English as a foreign language with the linguistic information that they require for effective teaching) and contrasts such grammars with purely theoretical or linguistic grammars. Uses the passive voice in English to illustrate the contrasts.…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Grammar, Second Language Instruction
Hussein, Riyad Fayez; Shorrab, Ghazi A. – IRAL, 1993
The notion of code-switching among Arabic-English bilinguals is examined. Various syntactic constraints are delineated that govern this phenomenon, the susceptibility of particular sentence constituents to switching, and the determination of the matrix language in their linguistic performance. (Contains 10 references.) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Arabic, Bilingual Students, Code Switching (Language)
