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Llorens, Washington – Yelmo, 1976
Discusses neologisms in Spanish. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)
Descriptors: English, Language Acquisition, Language Planning, Language Research
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1992
Linguistics is the study of language, as contrasted with knowledge of a specific language. Formal linguistics is the study of the structures and processes of language, or how it works and is organized. Different approaches to formal linguistics include traditional or prescriptive, structural, and generative or transformational perspectives. Formal…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns
Fellman, Jack – Language Planning Newsletter, 1976
This article discusses language planning in Israel, and specifically the activities of the Academy of the Hebrew Language. Its development from the original Hebrew Language Council is traced, as well as its membership which is made up of leading Hebrew scholars and writers. The aims of the Academy were basically three: (1) to assemble and carry…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Grammar, Hebrew, Institutions
Bowen, J. Donald – 1968
This document discusses in detail the development and operation of a language program implemented in the Philippines, beginning in 1957, with the assistance of the University of California, Los Angeles, through the Rockefeller Foundation. The program faced a number of difficulties including a school system in the process of post-war rebuilding, a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Experiments, English (Second Language), Foundation Programs
Lambert, Richard D., Ed.; Freed, Barbara F., Ed. – 1982
Papers are presented on the loss of language skills by those who have studied and then discontinued the use of a second language. The scope of the papers is summarized and dimensions of language attrition research is briefly discussed. Theoretical aspects of psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics with special relevance to language loss are…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Evaluation Methods
Greenman, Joseph G. – 1972
This paper provides a sociolinguistic discussion of the language situation in Israel, based on relevant linguistic and Hebraic literature and on the author's two year visit to the area. The author discusses the background and use of the many different languages spoken in the country; the function of each language is described. Characteristics of…
Descriptors: Arabic, Attitudes, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Gladstein, Jill, Ed.; Silver, Rita Elaine, Ed. – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1994
This collection of six papers consists of works in progress undertaken by students and faculty of the University of Pennsylvania's Language in Education Division of the Graduate School of Education. The papers are: (1) "Language Planning and Identity Planning: An Emergent Understanding" (Rebecca Freeman); (2) "Communicative…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Environment, Cultural Influences, Descriptive Linguistics
Williamson, Robert C. – 1991
This monograph on minority languages and bilingualism focuses on seven minority languages in different parts of the world, looking at their history and current status, including patterns of usage among samples of their speakers. The first two chapters discuss several issues regarding diglossia and bilingualism, language patterns within societies,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Cultural Context, Diachronic Linguistics
