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Mayer, Edgar N. – 1978
This paper attempts to give a unified view of the workings of noun clauses. These are considered according to three main types corresponding to three different kinds of source sentences. All three types can be used in any usual noun-phrase function, especially subject, direct object, and prepositional object. Four factors which complicate the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, French, Generative Grammar, Kernel Sentences
Hollerbach, Wolf – 1975
The serious student of language, English or foreign, and especially the future language teacher must receive a solid training not only in theoretical but also in applied syntax. Such a course should be offered at the advanced level and deal with the syntax of the language involved in a rigorously systematic way. The search for a systematic, yet…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Grammar
Rutherford, William E. – TESOL Quart, 1969
A somewhat modified version of a paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, May 1969. (FWB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Universals
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Crymes, Ruth – TESOL Quarterly, 1971
Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, March 1971, New Orleans, Louisiana, based on a study supported in part by a University of Hawaii Curriculum Development Grant. (VM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Educational Experiments, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Fraser, Bruce – 1970
This paper asserts the "unquestionable" relevance of linguistic insights in the training of and subsequent use by teachers of English as a foreign language. Although the author agrees with Chomsky's view that linguistics has nothing to offer the teacher in the form of specific proposals for language teaching methodology, he argues that linguistics…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Educational Media, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Crymes, Ruth – 1974
This is an annotated bibliography intended to provide, for teachers of English, enough information about research and experimentation in sentence-combining to enable them to begin to use it as a pedagogical technique with some understanding of the theories and issues involved. The annotations are selective in that they summarize the information…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Grammar
Lester, Mark, Ed. – 1970
This volume contains nineteen essays, dealing with various aspects of transformational grammar, by scholars such as Noam Chomsky, Eric H. Lenneberg, and Leon Jakobovits. These essays have been reprinted from sources such as "College English" and "Language Learning" and are intended for the most part for a nontechnical audience. The anthology is…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, English Instruction, English (Second Language)
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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
Kaneda, Michikazu – Bulletin for the Teachers of English, 1972
The experiment described in this report investigates second language development and the possibility of determining various levels of language acquisition. The subjects involved are Japanese students learning English. The students are given the task of recalling English kernel sentences after hearing them once. The resulting sentences--the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Information Processing, Kernel Sentences