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Download full textBodomo, Adams B.; van Oostendorp, Marc – 1994
This paper examines nominalization and serial verb construction (SVC) in Dagaare, a West African language. It discusses nominalization theory and its relation to Germanic languages such as English, German, and Dutch, using insights gained from the study of these languages to help illuminate nominalization in Dagaare and other similar West African…
Descriptors: African Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Sandefur, John R. – 1979
A description of the creole language spoken in the Roper River area of Australia's Northern Territory, this paper is intended for the practical use of Europeans working in the area. An introductory section discusses the role and status of pidgins and creoles in modern Australia, the development of creole in the Roper River area, and the…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Creoles, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialects
Fukuda, Takashi – Studies in Philippine Linguistics, 1997
The study presents a grammar of Eastern Bontoc, an Austronesian language of the northern Philippines that includes five village dialects and has about 8,000 speakers. Data are from transcribed recordings of primarily one dialect, gathered in 1977-80. The discourse-oriented grammar is outlined in six chapters: an introduction to the language, its…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Alam, Samsul – 1998
This report discusses the stress patterns of Bengali as spoken in Bangladesh. One of the findings indicate that every word has stress in the first syllable, with additional stress in the first syllable of the first word of the phrase. The Bengali language does not have penultimate and antepenultimate stress. Because there is no rule for changing…
Descriptors: Bengali, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
PDF pending restorationGlass, Amee – 1983
A descriptive study of Ngaanyatjarra, an Australian Aboriginal language, examines two major areas of sentence structure. First, it describes the grammatical structure of the sentence, beginning with the simplest sentence and moving into verb clusters, complex sentences, and juncture strategies. Second, it outlines the meaning and usage of various…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Creoles, Descriptive Linguistics, Ethnic Groups
Carter, Ronald; McCarthy, Michael – 1994
This paper argues that second language instruction that aims to foster speaking skills and natural spoken interaction should be based upon the grammar of the spoken language, and not on grammars that reflect written norms. Using evidence from a corpus of conversational English, this examination focuses on how four grammatical features that occur…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
