NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 11 results Save | Export
Hollerbach, Wolf – 1975
The serious student of language, English or foreign, and especially the future language teacher must receive a solid training not only in theoretical but also in applied syntax. Such a course should be offered at the advanced level and deal with the syntax of the language involved in a rigorously systematic way. The search for a systematic, yet…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Grammar
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Macmahon M. K. C. – British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 1972
Descriptors: Aphasia, Generative Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Performance
Dato, Daniel P. – 1970
This project seeking to develop sound methodological research techniques for second-language is based on an initial pilot study which (1) identified and classifies the utterances of a child learning Spanish as a second language, and (2) determines whether there are any significant trends in the observed order of learning of kernels and transformed…
Descriptors: Child Language, Componential Analysis, Generative Grammar, Kernel Sentences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Houston, Susan H. – Language Sciences, 1972
Descriptors: Comprehension, Dialects, Generative Grammar, Language Research
Neumann, Karl – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1972
Expanded version of a lecture delivered in May 1971 at the Padagogische Hochschule in Braunschweig, West Germany. (WB)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Communication (Thought Transfer), Generative Grammar, Linguistic Competence
Nikitopoulos, Pantelis – Deutsche Sprache, 1974
Revised and expanded version of a paper presented at the workshop "Research Problems in Sociolinguistics, "Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld, West Germany, November 24-27, 1972. (DD)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Generative Grammar, Language Usage, Linguistic Performance
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Hurford, J. R. – Linguistics, 1971
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), English
Bushnell, Emily W. – 1977
In order to investigate the development of word-formation abilities, 3-, 5-, and 7-year-olds were asked to act out with toys, judge, and make up sentences containing instances of class extension. Some sample sentences are "Can you upside-down the clown?" and "Broom the spoon." Children dealt with such sentences in much the same…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Comprehension, Generative Grammar
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Thomas, Owen – English Journal, 1974
The meanings of the words grammar and linguistics have undergone a multitude of changes in the last years, but teachers should continue to teach linguistics and formal grammar in the schools. (JH)
Descriptors: Definitions, English, English Instruction, Generative Grammar
Blount, Benny Garell – 1969
The general goals of this study of Luo children in Kenya were (1) to provide a description of the acquisition of language in terms of categories acquired within the age range of 12-35 months; (2) to account for their linguistic competence in the generation of their language; and (3) to illustrate how social settings alter the linguistic…
Descriptors: African Culture, Anthropology, Child Language, Cross Cultural Studies
Labov, William – 1968
This report presents some of the findings of several years research on the relations between the non-standard English used by Negro speakers in various urban ghetto areas (NNE) and standard English (SE). The immediate subject is the status of the copula and auxiliary "be" in NNE. The approach to the problem combines the methods of…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, English