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Kaluza, Heryk – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Proposes a model for the description of "tense" in English verbs in the indicative mood. (AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English, Grammar, Models

Nehls, Dietrich – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1975
A structural-functional basis for the construction of an English tense system is proposed. It is asserted that such a system will facilitate the teaching of English tense usage. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English, Grammar, Language Usage

Foster, David William – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1970
This article attempts to justify the surface presence of English split infinitives in terms of the deep structure of the language posited by current transformation theory." (FWB)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Deep Structure, English, Grammar

Fu, Yichin – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1978
A set of five noun features proposed by Chomsky for characterizing the selectional restriction of English verbs are examined. Examples are presented to show how the "small" set of features is both "too broad" and "too narrow" at once. (SW)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory

Peters, F. J. J. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Discusses two basic areas of difference between British and American English, namely the complementation of certain participles and the complementation of certain verbs. Complementation after "concerned" and "interested" is illustrated by several examples taken from speech and from newspaper advertisements. (AMH)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Research, Language Usage

McTear, Michael F. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Reviews aspects of Halliday's Systemic-Functional Grammar, emphasizing language functions, modality vs modulation, process types, transitivity, information distribution, and cohesion. Implications for language teaching are discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Intonation

Brown, T. Grant – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, French