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Hamideh Sadat Bagherzadeh – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is a growing body of research from various perspectives in heritage language (henceforth HL) acquisition as an emerging field. Some studies proposed that HL acquisition is a differential acquisition compared with the baseline language (i.e., the language spoken by the parents or caregivers) (Kupisch & Rothman, 2018; Dubiel &…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Native Language, Morphology (Languages), Adults
Hornung, Annette – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Scholars have long debated whether Old and Middle English (ME) are different diachronic stages of one language, or whether they are two closely related languages that have different historical roots. A general assumption is that Middle and Modern English descend from Old English (OE), similar to the way Middle and Modern German descend from Old…
Descriptors: Language Research, Old English, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Malcolm, Ian G.; Königsberg, Patricia; Collard, Glenys – TESOL in Context, 2020
Aboriginal English, the language many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students bring to the classroom, represents the introduction of significant change into the English language. It is the argument of this paper that the linguistic, social and cultural facts associated with the distinctiveness of Aboriginal English need to be taken into…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Pacific Islanders, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Deng, Lin – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation offers a new dynamic account of the evolution of the demonstrative system in pre-Qin Chinese based on a comprehensive linguistic analysis of the phonological, morphological, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of demonstratives attested in two corpora of excavated texts, i.e. the oracle-bone inscriptions dated to the late…
Descriptors: Semantics, Linguistics, Chinese, Diachronic Linguistics
Nagaya, Naonori – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study presents the grammar of the Lewotobi dialect of Lamaholot, an Austronesian language spoken in the eastern part of Flores Island and neighboring islands of Indonesia. Lamaholot belongs to the Central Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of Austronesian, within which it is in a subgroup with the languages of Timor and Roti. The number of speakers…
Descriptors: Malayo Polynesian Languages, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Dialects
Pennington, James Joshua – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), the gentive (G) and dative/locative (DL) cases exhibit adjectival long-form allomorphy (ALFA). The genitive -"og" -"oga" and the DL -"om" -"ome" -"omu" stand in free variation, inasmuch as when one form is substituted for another the truth value of an utterance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Slavic Languages, Language Planning, Syllables

Cowan, W. – Glossa, 1972
Descriptors: Arabic, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects

Agard, Frederick B. – Linguistics, 1971
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, Grammar
Latham, R. G. – D. Appleton and Company, 1861
This English language textbook is divided into seven distinct parts: (1) General Ethnological Relations of the English Language; (2) History and Analysis of the English Language; (3) Sounds, Letters, Pronunciation, Spelling; (4) Etymology; (5) Syntax; (6) Prosody; and (7) Dialects of the English Language. It is intended for students attending…
Descriptors: Textbooks, English Instruction, Alphabets, Phonology
Austin, Elizabeth – 1978
An introduction to Pennsylvania German reviews the history of the Pennsylvania Germans' migration to the United States, examines the Pennsylvania German dialect both historically and descriptively, discusses the literature written in the dialect, and looks at its present status and possible future. Because the dialect is an extreme example of…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, German
RAUN, ALO; SAARESTE, ANDRUS – 1965
THIS TEXT COMPRISES A SURVEY OF THE ESTONIAN LANGUAGE, WHICH IS GROUPED HERE WITH LIVONIAN, VOTIC, AND A PART OF WESTERN FINNISH, TO FORM THE SOUTHWESTERN BRANCH OF THE FINNIC (OR BALTO-FINNIC) LANGUAGES. THE AUTHORS' CLASSIFICATIONS AND A HISTORY OF THE STUDIES WHICH HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT IN ESTONIAN ARE PRESENTED, FOLLOWED BY A PRESENTATION OF…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies

Rivero, Maria-Luisa – Journal of Linguistics, 1986
Discusses and compares the syntactic features of free relative clauses found in Castilian and Aragonese dialects of Old Spanish. The role of clitics (nontonic pronominals) and the lexical innovations of the wh-question compound-type clauses are highlighted. (TR)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, Grammar
Orkin, Mark M. – 1970
This book presents a discussion of various distinctive characteristics of English as spoken in Canada. The book begins with a discussion of general characteristics and a look at the origins of Canadian English. There is a discussion of Canadianisms, Americanisms, and Britishisms and a consideration of influencing languages--Indian and Eskimo,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects
Euclid English Demonstration Center, OH.
THIS GUIDE FOR GRADES 7, 8, AND 9 BEGINS WITH A COLLECTION OF PAPERS EXPLAINING THE LINGUISTIC APPROACH TO THE TEACHING OF LANGUAGE--(1) "THE CLASSROOM TEACHER AND LINGUISTIC ECLECTICISM" BY A. HOOD ROBERTS, (2) "SOME NOTES ON LINGUISTICS AND THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH" BY JOSEPH H. FRIEND, (3) "A UNIT ON DIALECTS" BY…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects
Bergsland, Knut – 1997
The aim of this grammar is to analyze in some detail the mechanisms of the Aleut language as represented by older speakers and by earlier sources, and is intended for both students of Aleut and linguists in general. An introductory chapter gives background on the language's history, linguistic documentation, Aleut dialects, and outside influences.…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects
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