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Westphal, German F. – Language Sciences, 1979
Presents a critique of John Knowles' (1975) analysis of Spanish impersonal "se." (AM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Grammar, Phrase Structure, Pronouns
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Gray, Bennison – Language Sciences, 1974
Final chapter of "The Grammatical Foundations of Rhetoric", to be published by Mouton, The Hague, Netherlands. (DD)
Descriptors: English, Language Universals, Phrase Structure, Semantics
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Rugaleva, Anelja – Language Sciences, 1977
Nominalization of possessive sentences in Russian is discussed. It is maintained that all lexical surface items originate as terms in a situation model, and that their actualization as different parts of speech is language-specific. Language data are used to support a locative interpretation of the semantic model. (CHK)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Nouns, Phrase Structure
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Roldan, Mercedes – Language Sciences, 1971
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Diagrams, Grammar, Language Instruction
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Schreiber, Peter A.; Anshen, Frank – Language Sciences, 1974
Descriptors: Arabic, Deep Structure, Diagrams, Language Universals
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Lozano, Anthony G.; Somero, Dale R. – Language Sciences, 1979
Proposes an analysis of Spanish indefinite "se" which takes into consideration regional variations. (AM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Grammar, Language Variation, Phrase Structure
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van Voorst, Jan – Language Sciences, 1996
Presents a comparative semantic analysis of English, French, and Dutch transitive constructions that takes into account the entity that sets the event in motion, the object it affects, and the process that links both. (18 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dutch, English, French
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Peterson, Thomas H. – Language Sciences, 1974
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English, Form Classes (Languages), Linguistic Theory
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Nishimura, Miwa – Language Sciences, 1995
Demonstrates that the patterns of Japanese/English code-switching found in Canadian Niseis' in-group speech are conditioned by the varieties of bilingual speech characterized in terms of base language. When Japanese is the base, English nouns are used; when English is the base, Japanese phrases and sentences occur sporadically. (38 references)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Canada Natives, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language)
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Kent, Stuart; Pitt, Jeremy – Language Sciences, 1996
Discusses the relative merits of feature versus model based semantics for the interpretation of verb phrases in English, French, and German. The article concludes that the simplicity afforded by features is offset by the depth of analysis achieved with event models that are additionally able to support a sophisticated approach to machine…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Contrastive Linguistics, English, French