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Eastlack, Charles L. – 1970
This paper makes observations on verb classification which are considered relevant to the understanding of Swahili syntax. Three different syntactically relevant approaches are discussed: (1) establishing a set of "basic sentence types" and then classifying verbs according to their occurrence or non-occurrence in sentences of these…
Descriptors: Classification, Language Instruction, Language Universals, Morphology (Languages)
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Nilsen, Don L. F. – TESOL Quarterly, 1971
Paper presented at the TESOL Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1971. (VM)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Grammar
Topping, D. M. – 1969
This paper attempts to discuss some of the implications of transformational grammar for language analysis and language learning. The author covers the following points: (1) transformational grammar--some background and some claims, and some linguistic and psychological implications; (2) which, if any, of the claims of transformational grammar are…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Universals
Nilsen, Don L. F. – 1971
The use of case frames of verbs as a control for the teaching of vocabulary items has a number of distinct advantages over other controls. The case frame associated with a particular vocabulary item, or with a particular semantic class, would be the same in the native and the target language (English). This would have the advantage of allowing the…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Applied Linguistics, Case (Grammar)
Grimshaw, Allen D. – 1972
This paper seeks to underline the importance of at least acknowledging the existence of a complex set of rules in a grammar of social interaction--and the further reality that while there may be a grammar of social interaction, there are also grammars of social interaction for different groups. It should be possible to find that apparently…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Biculturalism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Background