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Lozano, Anthony G. – Hispania, 1975
Contradicts the single subjunctive theory of Dwight Bolinger and supports Samuel Gili Y Gaya in recognizing the subjunctive as more than one syntactic phenomenon. (CK)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Spanish
Droescher, W. O. – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1974
Describes the surface structure of German adverbs proceeding from the standpoint of dependence-valence grammar. On the basis of their meaning, adverbs are classified as modal, temporal and locational. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Descriptive Linguistics, German, Grammar
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Milner, Jean-Claude – Langue Francaise, 1979
Examines the relationship of "ne" and its accompanying particles ("pas,""plus,""jamais,""personne," etc.) in the French negation system, with special reference to subject opacity. (AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, French, Grammar, Negative Forms (Language)
Martinet, Hanne – Linguistique, 1975
This article examines the conditions under which impersonal constructions may be used in French. The basic idea is that few rules govern this use, and that principally it is a matter of lexical interpretation. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, French, Grammar
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Rivero, Maria-Luisa – Language, 1975
Two aspects of definite and indefinite noun phrases in Spanish grammar are discussed here: specificity, marked by the mood of restrictive relative clauses, and existential import, deriving from the linguistic environment. Differences between referential and attributive descriptions are explained. (CK)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
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Cheung, Hung-nin Samuel – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Chinese, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Function Words
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Kaufmann, Gerhard – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1973
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Function Words, German
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Hashimoto, Anne Yue – Unicorn
A preliminary study of the syntactic characteristics of the imperative construction in modern Chinese is presented. The term "imperative" is used to refer to the type of syntactic construction which is marked by an implicit or explicit second person subject, and which expresses a direct command. Indirect or implied commands expressed by a…
Descriptors: Chinese, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar
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Grimes, Joseph E.; And Others – Anthropological Linguistics, 1978
Presents an heuristic procedure, based on cooccurrence of forms, for identifying the closed systems of a language and to show how the systems interlock, differ in meaning, and manifest themselves. (AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Function Words, Grammar, Language Patterns
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Prideaux, Gary D. – Glossa, 1979
Proposes an alternative to transformational grammars, based on the notion that a grammatical system should be open to psycholinguistic interpretation, and disallowing grammatical transformations, dealing instead with the information content of sentence surface structure. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
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Lujan, Marta – Hispania, 1975
Contradicts Pablo Jordan's theory that certain "se" constructions in Spanish are neither passive nor reflexive. It is claimed that syntactic evidence reveals two types of impersonal structures, the impersonal active and the passive reflexive. (Text is in Spanish.) (CK)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
Derrick, M. T. – USF Language Quarterly, 1975
Discusses the causative infix "dz" in Mikasuki, from the point of view of morphology and syntax, with a view to the development of an adequate linguistic description of Mikasuki grammar. (AM)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics
Dubois-Charlier, Francoise – Langages, 1972
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Research
Harries, Helga – 1973
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how languages express contrastive emphasis. It is argued that all contrastively emphasized constructions have underlying cleft sentences, independent of whether the surface structure is an equational or a nonequational one. It is furthermore argued that emphatic word orders are systematic and predictable…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar
Binder, Richard – 1971
The thesis of this paper is that the "do so" test described by Lakoff and Ross (1966) is a test of the speaker's belief system regarding the relationship of verbs to their surface subject, and that judgments of grammaticality concerning "do so" are based on the speaker's underlying semantic beliefs. ("Speaker" refers here to both speakers and…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English, Grammar, Language Patterns
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