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Shopen, Timothy, Ed.; Williams, Joseph M., Ed. – 1981
A collection of articles on the kinds of variation in English that one finds within the language of one group or one person includes: "The English Language as Rule-Governed Behavior" (Timothy Shopen); "The English Language as Use-Governed Behavior" (Joseph M. Williams); "Styles" (Ann D. Zwicky); "The Organization…
Descriptors: Dialects, Discourse Analysis, English, Grammar
Download full textWittrock, Merlin C. – 1989
Concepts in cognitive psychology are applied to the language used in military situations, and a sentence classification system for use in analyzing military language is outlined. The system is designed to be used, in part, in conjunction with a natural language query system that allows a user to access a database. The discussion of military…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Psychology, Discourse Analysis, Inferences
