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Miran, Mohammad Alam – 1969
This is a contrastive analysis of Dari and Pashto, both official languages of Afghanistan, with a view toward outlining the difficulties faced by speakers of Dari learning Pashto as a second language. The main focus is on morphological structures, although phonology is also briefly dealt with. The brief phonological comparison, with emphasis on a…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Error Patterns
Schulz, Dorothy Grant – 1973
The purpose of this study was to analyze differences in children's written questions by means of the theoretical model of transformational-Generative grammar. Eight questions written by children in grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 comprised the nucleus of this study. The eight questions were chosen from a larger group of questions and separated into…
Descriptors: Child Language, Deep Structure, Elementary Education, Language Patterns
Bourbeau, Laurent – 1976
The linguistic literature contains many studies of the structure of the noun phrase. Syntactic structures that occupy NP position but which don't have the internal characteristics of a substantive (infinitives and THAT clauses, for example) are distinguished from lexical structures that occupy NP position and do have the internal characteristics…
Descriptors: French, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Bodomo, Adams B. – 1993
An integrated analysis of the syntax and semantics of serial verb constructions (SVCs) in a group of West African languages is presented. With data from Dagaare and closest relatives, a structural definition for SVCs is developed (two or more lexical verbs that share grammatical categories within a clause), establishing SVCs as complex predicates.…
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Patterns
Anwar, Mohamed Sami – 1972
This work asserts that contrastive analysis should be regarded as a technique of research and not limited to error prediction and material preparation. Introductory observations are made on the state of the field, the domain of contrastive analysis, contrastive analysis and transfer, and contrastive analysis and foreign language instruction. In…
Descriptors: Arabic, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies, English
Scott, Jerrie Cobb – 1976
This study addressed the following three questions: Among the grammatical patterns that first graders are expected to be able to read, are there any which are particularly easy or particularly difficult to interpret? Can these grammatical patterns be mastered with equal ease by students of varying reading ability? Do these grammatical patterns…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Grammar
Swierzbin, Bonnie – 1996
Phrasal verbs occur frequently in written and spoken English and may be difficult for non-native speakers to understand and produce, particularly when parts of the phrasal verb should be separated and when they should be adjacent. The study reported here analyzes natural data in context to determine whether the word order of the parts of a…
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Grammar, Instructional Materials
Patterson, Betty Soon Ju – 1974
This paper proposes that some but not all "I" causatives in Korean are analyzable, and argues that case markers in Korean are not merely surface phenomena, but are semantically and syntactically significant. The types of Korean causatives are introduced, as well as the major problems involved in their analysis. Previous generative works…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar