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Nino Sharashenidze – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
Taking into account the peculiarities of the Georgian language and integrating them into the teaching process remains an important task. Georgian is an agglutinative language, which means the existence of grammatical markers in word-forms related to certain semantic features. The system of the Georgian verb is unique in that it is based on…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Semantics, Grammar, Verbs
Joseph Gagen Stockdale III – Online Submission, 2025
"A Dictionary of Contemporary Figurative Language" is meant to be an appendix to an earlier, more comprehensive work: ED648945, "A Dictionary and Thesaurus of Contemporary Figurative Language and Metaphor 2024." This appendix simply updates the dictionary of that previous work to better reflect the language used during the 2024…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Language Usage, Dictionaries, Phrase Structure
Xia, Lixin – English Language Teaching, 2015
The paper identifies the major problems of the Chinese-English dictionary in representing collocational information after an extensive survey of nine dictionaries popular among Chinese users. It is found that the Chinese-English dictionary only provides the collocation types of "v+n" and "v+n," but completely ignores those of…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Chinese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Rudolph, Michael Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2014
"Reclaiming Ga?" is a curious title for readers oblivious to the fact that the meaning of "?a?" has been lost. Indeed, "?a?" is but one of several linguistic signals of Koine Greek that allude the grasp of the modern scholar. This has created an environment within NT studies described here as conjunctive…
Descriptors: Greek, Semantics, Grammar, Definitions
Stubbs, Michael – Applied Linguistics, 2009
John McHardy Sinclair has made major contributions to applied linguistics in three related areas: language in education, discourse analysis, and corpus-assisted lexicography. This article discusses the far-reaching implications for language description of this third area. The corpus-assisted search methodology provides empirical evidence for an…
Descriptors: Semantics, Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Lexicography

Gold, David L. – Babel: International Journal of Translation, 1975
Reviews articles by Allen Walker Read and Merriam-Webster's Editor-in-Chief Gove on dictionaries. Problems discussed are boundaries of the lexicon, regional usage, commercial dictionaries, ordering of lexemes, establishing meaning, providing grammatical information, semantics, and editorial bias. (MSE)
Descriptors: Bias, Dictionaries, English, Etymology

Aitken, A. J. – Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik, 1973
Part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. Comments are based on the compiling of A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue''. Paper presented at the Table Ronde de Lexicographie Historique, Florence, Italy, May 4, 1971. (DD)
Descriptors: Definitions, Diachronic Linguistics, Dictionaries, Editing

Davis, Jack Emory – Hispania, 1971
Continuation of the Mexican Section of Madaline Nichols'"A Bibliographical Guide to Materials on American Spanish," published in 1941 by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass; and of Hensley C. Woodbridge's "An Annotated Bibliography of Mexican Spanish for 1940-1953," in "Kentucky Foreign Language Quarterly," v1…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Grammar, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Gross, Gaston; Ibrahim, Amr – Francais dans le Monde, 1981
Examines the purposes served by native language dictionaries as an introduction to the review of three monolingual French dictionaries for foreigners. Devotes particular attention to the most recent, the "Dictionnaire du francais langue etrangere", published by Larousse. Stresses the characteristics that are considered desirable for this type of…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Dictionaries, French, Grammar
Shirokova, L. I. – Russkij Yazyk za Rubezhom, 1973
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dictionaries, Etymology, Grammar
Klappenbach, Ruth – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1971
Descriptors: Definitions, Dictionaries, German, Grammar

Leduc-Adine, Jean-Pierre – Langue Francaise, 1980
Discusses the theoretical and practical foundations of grammatical terminology defining the relationship with linguistic terminology and with the general lexicon. Devotes particular attention to the analysis of the semantic and syntactic properties of grammatical terms, to the various types of neologisms, and to the structure of the definitional…
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Definitions, Discourse Analysis, French

Maiguashca, Raffaella Uslenghi – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1993
In a review of two decades of vocabulary research, it is noted that vocabulary has moved from "poor relation" to "guest of honor" status in language teaching. Research areas include specialized bibliographies, vocabulary acquisition, vocabulary teaching, course materials, and lexicography. Future research directions are suggested, including…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Acquisition
POSTMAN, NEIL; WEINGARTNER, CHARLES – 1967
THIS HANDBOOK OF MODERN LINGUISTICS HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR THE ADULT LAYMAN OR TEACHER WHO NEEDS A GENERAL BACKGROUND IN LINGUISTICS AS WELL AS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE "LINGUISTIC APPROACH" AS IT IS BEING INTRODUCED IN ENGLISH TEACHING TODAY. THE AUTHORS HAVE TAKEN THE STAND THAT LINGUISTICS IS HERE TO STAY--ALONG WITH THE "NEW…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Grammar
Munro, David A. – 1967
This short dictionary is designed to accompany the work of Melzian (1937) for the benefit of scholars concerned with the place and function of the Nigerian Bini language in the structure of West African languages. The conventional orthography has been used, except in three cases. The body of the general word list contains the English meaning, the…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bini, Dictionaries, Grammar
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