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Bethin, Christina Y. – Russian Language Journal, 1983
It is proposed that the concepts of location and goal are helpful instructional tools in Russian, encouraging competence and discouraging incorrect analyses of sentence structure. Minor reorganization of conventional instructional materials and addition of a few sentences for discussion would be of significant assistance in student understanding.…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Form Classes (Languages), Language Patterns, Language Processing
Pack, Alice C., Ed. – 1970
This issue of "TESL Reporter" presents the following articles: "Language Acquisition and Dialectalism" by Patricia G. Adkins, "Supplementation of Opposites in Simple Predicate Expansion" by Yao Shen, and "Form Class Baseball: A TESL Game" by Alice C. Pack. The meaning today of dialectal speech, or "bidialectal speech," is addressed by Patricia…
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
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Roen, Duane H. – English Journal, 1984
Warns against the overuse of cohesive conjunctions in writing and recommends that teachers instruct students on contextual use of conjunctions rather than on their random use. (CRH)
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Conjunctions, Connected Discourse
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Baldi, Philip H. – Classical Outlook, 1980
The partitive genitive and other types of genitive are examined to show that despite Latin's rigid, well-defined case system, irregularities in the functioning of the system occur. This allows the system to maximize structural characteristics to offset potential ambiguities. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Ambiguity, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
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Dai, John Xiang-ling – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1992
Li's work, which expands the government binding (GB) literature on Chinese linguistics and contributes to understanding constituency and word order, is described. Important issues are noted, empirical or theory-neutral criticisms of Li's accounts are raised, and alternative solutions are offered. (21 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Discourse Analysis, Form Classes (Languages), Language Research