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Sur la notion d'adequation explicative en phonologie generative (On the Notion of Explanatory Adequacy in Generative Phonology)
Hind, A. – Langages, 1976
Discusses the notion of explanatory adequacy with reference to a theory of generative phonology. An approach is suggested which defines the notion of possible processes based on natural language rules, rather than one which defines the notion of possible rules based on universal processes. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)
Descriptors: Definitions, Descriptive Linguistics, Epistemology, Generative Phonology
Description linguistique de la langue des signes (A Linguistic Description of Sign Language).
Wilbur, Ronnie – Langages, 1979
Presents a linguistic description of American Sign Language (ASL) phonology, morphology, and syntax. (AM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Universals
Maximi Planudis in Memoriam (In Memory of the Great Planudes)
Anderson, John M. – Langages, 1975
Discusses the usefulness of earlier, neglected linguistic traditions in solving some of the problems faced by transformationalists today. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Generative Grammar