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Chalker, Sylvia – ELT Journal, 1984
Shows that the interrogative "who" as a subject may be either singular or plural. (EKN)
Descriptors: English, Grammar, Language Patterns, Pronouns

Eoyang, Eugene – ADFL Bulletin, 1990
Reflects on the actual use of the English first-person plural pronoun "we," exploring cultural and social values of such usage and how the pronoun, as currently and frequently used, actually excludes populations and individuals assumed to be included and supports ethnocentric values. (CB)
Descriptors: English, Ethnocentrism, Language Patterns, Language Usage
Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Analyses the use of the French "en". (AM)
Descriptors: Adverbs, French, Grammar, Language Patterns

Ariel, Mira – Journal of Linguistics, 1988
Argues that referring expressions in all languages are specialized as to the degree of accessibility they mark. The treatment of referring expressions should not be separate from expressions which serve as antecedents as opposed to those which are always anaphoric. (CB)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Universals, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory
Buscha, Joachim – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1972
Descriptors: German, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns

Redfern, Richard K. – English Journal, 1996
Explains why people say "for she and I"--and argues that such usage is correct. (RS)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Pronouns
Sandness, Karen – Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1975
Percentages of unexpected pronominal usage in Japanese are listed. Data was gathered from Japanese magazine articles concerning individuals. Tendencies rather than strict rules became evident. (SC)
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Patterns, Language Styles, Language Usage
Criado de Val, Manuel – Yelmo, 1973
Second part of a continued article. (SK)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Linguistics
Criado de Val, Manuel – Yelmo, 1973
Compares use of pronouns and adverbs in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, English, German, Rumanian, and Slavic languages. Excerpted from the book Fisonomia del y de las lenguas modernas'' ( Features of Modern Languages''). (DS)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns

Kaufmann, Gerhard – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1971
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, German, Language Patterns, Pronouns

Hoeksema, Jack; Napoli, Donna Jo – Journal of Linguistics, 1990
Argues that the i-within-i condition (Chomsky, 1981) is both empirically inadequate and theoretically incoherent. A definition for circular chains, a condition on the interpretation of the reference of free pronominals and anaphors, is proposed that adequately accounts for the data involving referential circularity that had been previously…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Nouns

Newman, Michael – Language in Society, 1992
In an examination of pronominal disagreements, this study examined how speakers on certain television interview programs resolve problems of agreement with formally singular epicene antecedents. The form most frequently used is "they," and some forms found in written English hardly occur. (54 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Usage
Marlett, Stephen A. – 1990
An analysis of pronouns in Zapotec languages looks at their behavior across the language family, noting where the languages are alike or different. Seven regional Zapotec variations are used for illustration, including: Isthmus; Yatzachi; Yalalag; Texmelucan; Atepec; Guelavia; and Xanaguia. A major conclusion is that the traditional division of…
Descriptors: Classification, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Variation

Uber, Diane Ringer – Hispania, 1985
Shows that "usted" has two functions: showing lack of solidarity and showing extreme solidarity, with "tu" falling somewhere in between on the continuum. Discusses the increasing use of "tu," especially among younger people, and presents some possible reasons for this. (SED)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Styles, Language Variation

Preto-Rodas, Richard A. – Hispania, 1972
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Linguistics