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Peer reviewedMiller, Jeanne – Linguistics, 1973
Field work conducted under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1957-1971; research partially supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. (DD)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Grammar, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Phrase Structure
Peer reviewedLucas, Michael A. – Linguistics, 1974
This article attempts to show that a more rigorous approach to surface structure analysis can reveal distinctions just as subtle as those discovered through analyzing deep structures or transformations. Relative clauses are examined in relation to nominal constructions, and alternatives to restrictive and non-restrictive classifications are…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Nouns, Phrase Structure
Peer reviewedWest, Anne – Linguistics, 1973
Field work conducted under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics; research supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. (DD)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Distinctive Features (Language), Malayo Polynesian Languages, Phrase Structure
Peer reviewedHetzron, Robert – Linguistics, 1974
Most linguistic theory is analytic in that it begins with a complex unit and breaks it down into components. Criticisms of analytic linguistics are made, and a synthetic approach is proposed which begins with atomic components of language and rules for grouping them into more complex units. (RM)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Componential Analysis, Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedSimeon, George – Linguistics, 1973
Recognition criteria refer to those features which enable the analyst to recognize the item he attempts to ascertain through his elicitation procedure. (DD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Form Classes (Languages), Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
