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Harrison, Brian – Mathematics Teaching, 1971
The use of mathematical ideas in linguistics is illustrated by a discussion of a transformational grammar. (MM)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Linguistics, Mathematical Applications
Schnelle, Helmut – Langages, 1972
Special issue devoted to the study of generative grammar in German-speaking countries. (VM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research
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Sankoff, David; Cedergren, Henrietta J. – Language, 1976
Computer-based multidimensional scaling techniques are used to determine the dimensionality of grammatical variation in three large sets of data: Ross' (1973) Noun Phrase and fake Noun Phrase data; Sankoff's (1974) complementizer "que"-deletion (Montreal French) data; and Cedergren's (1973) syllable-final S-reduction (Panamanian Spanish) data. (DB)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Usage
Smith, Robert Lawrence, Jr. – 1972
This report is a detailed empirical examination of Suppes' ideas about the syntax and semantics of natural language, and an attempt at supporting the proposal that model-theoretic semantics of the type first proposed by Tarski is a useful tool for understanding the semantics of natural language. Child speech was selected as the best place to find…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Child Language, Computational Linguistics, Context Free Grammar