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Weber, Heinrich – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1972
Based on a paper presented June 23, 1969 at the Padagogische Hochschule in Heidelberg. (RS)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, German, Language Instruction, Linguistics
Download full textKaplan, Robert B. – 1978
It is contended that there are such things as discourse blocs, and that they are composed of discourse units glued together into a contextuated whole by bloc signals. There are three kinds of structures with which it is necessary to deal in order to discuss coherent discourse: the discourse bloc, the discourse unit, and the bloc signal.…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedMcTear, Michael F. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Reviews aspects of Halliday's Systemic-Functional Grammar, emphasizing language functions, modality vs modulation, process types, transitivity, information distribution, and cohesion. Implications for language teaching are discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Intonation
Bertrand, Yves – Langues Modernes, 1976
A study of the relationship between intonation and syntax must consider communication as a whole, rather than isolated sentences. This study examines the role of the speakers in communication, bilateral and unilateral communication, and some pedagogical implications of this study. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, German, Grammar
Seliger, Herbert W. – 1977
This study proposes that avoidance of a structure by a second language learner can only be claimed for instances where it can be demonstrated that the learner "knows" the avoided language form and that native speakers are expected to use a particular form in that context. Research is reviewed, particularly a study by J. Schachter (1974) in which…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Peer reviewedHenzl, Vera M. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Reports on an experiment investigating the modifications in lexicon, grammar, and phonology, made by language teachers as they related to varying levels of proficiency, and are compared to "foreigner talk." (AM)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Czech, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Stockwell, Robert P. – The Journal of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, 1964
The complex nature of grammar and its relevance to teaching today are explored in the light of modern linguistics. Reviewing the development and fundamental theory of transformational generative grammar, the author points out its substantial merit and also its failure to be understood as exemplary grammatical analysis of language rather than…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Instruction, Curriculum Development, Difficulty Level
PDF pending restorationSajavaara, Kari – 1977
This volume contains 6 selected papers from the First Finnish Summer School of Linguistics, held in Jyvaskyla in June of 1977. The School was organized to create a new forum for postgraduate training of professors in Finland, and for exchange of information about trends in linguistic research. The theme of this first meeting was "language…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Grammar
