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Reibel, David A., Ed.; Schane, Sanford A., Ed. – 1969
This collection of articles written over a period of 10 years concerning the transformational syntax of English has been divided into six sections. The articles in the first section provide background material for the reader with no specialized linguistic preparation. They present the fundamental questions that linguists are now asking, some of…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Applied Linguistics, Case (Grammar), Child Language
Peer reviewedKufner, Herbert L. – Unterrichtsprax, 1969
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Form Classes (Languages), German, Grammar
Hollerbach, Wolf – 1975
A device of emphasis in French syntax is defined as a construction of syntactic paraphrase whose function is to make certain parts of a sentence stand out for purposes of contrast, clarification, differentiation, or because a given element is considered important. These devices exist in French because of the lack of a phonemic stress system, and…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), French, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedHopkins, Edwin A. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1975
Examines errors made by English speakers learning German and, in attempting to find sources for them, contrasts certain phenomena of German and English grammar. The phenomena in question are cleft sentences and the treatment of case. (TL)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
PDF pending restorationIliescu, Sanda M. – 1972
Grammatical transfer is used to render the values and meanings of the structures in Romanian pronouns into English. This device can be used in explaining the exact nuances of Romanian pronouns to speakers of English. In translating from English to Romanian, a special problem is presented by the pronoun "you," which in Romanian can take…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Styles
Rand, Earl – 1969
This volume consists of 86 structured, patterned drills based upon rules which reflect the competence of native speakers to pronominalize, nominalize, delete, and otherwise transform English sentences in the context of other English sentences. These drills are designed to be used in English courses for foreign students and for speakers of…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Students
Nakada, Seiichi – 1977
This paper explores the implications of presumed language universals and language particulars for second language teaching and learning. It is felt that an awareness of the universal features of language design builds confidence in the student who can concentrate on features which distinguish the target language from the native language. Examples…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English, Grammar, Japanese
Download full textFisiak, Jacek, Ed. – 1974
This collection of 31 papers is the second resulting from the Polish-English Contrastive Project. The overall purposes of the project are to prepare a Polish-English contrastive grammar and to develop pedagogical material. The basic model used for the research is the transformational generative one. This volume is divided into three sections: (1)…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Comparative Analysis, Consonants
