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King, Deborah – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation describes and analyzes voice and valence-altering operations in Falam Chin, a Tibeto-Burman language of Burma. The data is explained within the framework of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG), which supplies several key concepts particularly useful for generalizing the behavior of the Falam Chin operations. The first is RRG's…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Semantics, Pragmatics, Foreign Countries
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Albright, Adam; Hayes, Bruce – Cognition, 2003
Are morphological patterns learned in the form of rules? Some models deny this, attributing all morphology to analogical mechanisms. The dual mechanism model (Pinker, S., & Prince, A. (1998). On language and connectionism: analysis of a parallel distributed processing model of language acquisition. "Cognition," 28, 73-193) posits that speakers do…
Descriptors: Morphemes, English, Language Acquisition, Morphology (Languages)
Pooley, Robert C. – 1974
This book traces the historical development of current attitudes toward language usage and, by examples and quotations, shows the steps in attitude change, including the creation and abandonment of rules. The book is based on the premise that standard English usage is open to different interpretations, and supports this premise with references to…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Evaluation Methods