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Suleiman, Saleh M. – Language Sciences, 1990
Object deletion in Classical Arabic is semantically marked on two levels: ( 1) dropping the object deliberately but functionally; and (2) emptying the object slot and focusing on the verbal action. The second level of object deletion stresses the verbal action. (20 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English, Function Words, Semantics

Hunyadi, Laszlo – Language Sciences, 1996
Shows that in Hungarian, rich inflectional morphology goes on a par with rich prosody connected with word order. The article presents a model of the Hungarian sentence structure as an extension of the framework of metrical phonology. The proposed metrical syntax is based on stress reduction rules similar to those of metrical phonology. (15…
Descriptors: Hungarian, Models, Morphology (Languages), Phonology

Scott, Robert Ian – Language Sciences, 1974
Reports research at the University of Saskatchewan in which experiments with variously rearranged English and French sentences showed grammatical acceptability decreasing as the disruption of the sentence producing field of subject, verb, object, qualifier increased. (RM)
Descriptors: English, French, Language Patterns, Language Research

Devos, Filip; And Others – Language Sciences, 1996
Reports on research consisting of compiling a contrastive verb valency dictionary of Dutch, French, and English whose main strength lies in depicting semantic differences between its entries and conceptual differences between languages. Using these analyses, one can start to discern nuclear and peripheral meanings, analyze possible meaning…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Concept Formation, Contrastive Linguistics, Dutch

Connors, Kathleen; Ouellette, Benoit – Language Sciences, 1996
Tests the understanding of French pronominal-verbal constructions on native and English speakers of French and assesses their sensitivity to the possible multiple readings such as: reflexive, reciprocal, intrinsic, and passive. The article attributes the superior performance of English speakers to the corresponding morphosyntactic and lexical…
Descriptors: English, French, Lexicology, Morphology (Languages)

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

Miller, Jim – Language Sciences, 1996
Discusses the ways languages of Europe render the "given"-"new" distinction on the basis of data collected by means of presenting speakers of various languages with the task of reconstructing a route on a map. The article raises questions about the nature of "wh"-pronouns in English and about what is shared by these…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dialogs (Language), Discourse Analysis, English