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Peer reviewedHuang, Chiung-chih – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1994
Presents an interview of Sandra Thompson on various topics relating to the Chinese language. The interview touches on conversational data on Chinese, the lack of morphological complexity in Mandarin Chinese, and the development of Chinese functionalism. (12 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Chinese, Grammar, Interviews, Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedWilliams, Robert S. – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1994
Explores the phenomenon of post verbal alternation in English double object constructions and presents a statistical model for predicting the position of the indirect object in instances where alternation is unconstrained. The study includes analysis of a large set of written and oral American English data using a parametric multiple regression…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Grammar, Models, North American English
Peer reviewedKoshik, Irene – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1999
Investigates native speakers' (NS) perceptions of coherence and comprehensibility of nonnative speakers' writing and talk that lacks or misuses grammatical cohesive devices. NS readers of NNS texts with missing cohesive devices assumed coherence and imposed coherence on the text by adding grammatical cohesive devices missing in the original,…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Grammar, Listening Comprehension, Native Speakers
