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De Bruyne, Jacques – Espanol Actual, 1975
This article discusses the words formed by the addition of the suffix "-oide" in Spanish. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Usage, Morphology (Languages)

Barker, Chris – Language, 1998
Offers a detailed analysis of the English suffix "-ee" (employee, refugee, etc.) based on 1,500 naturally occurring tokens of 500 word types. Argues that certain semantic constraints, taken together, amount to a special-purpose thematic role that actively constrains productive use of derivational morphology. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: English, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory

DeMello, George – Hispania, 1990
Comparison of the 1970 and 1984 editions of a Spanish dictionary regarding the accommodation of female counterparts of traditionally male occupations found such adjustments as use of the feminine article "la" and the suffixes "-a" and "-nta." Other nouns proved to be particularly resistant to such accommodation. (CB)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Nouns
Fleischer, Wolfgang – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1972
Revised expanded version of a paper presented in Belgium and East Germany in 1970 and 1971. (WB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, German, Idioms, Language Patterns

Grimes, Joseph E.; And Others – Anthropological Linguistics, 1978
Presents an heuristic procedure, based on cooccurrence of forms, for identifying the closed systems of a language and to show how the systems interlock, differ in meaning, and manifest themselves. (AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Function Words, Grammar, Language Patterns
Pupier, Paul; And Others – 1975
This study relates the suffix "-age" to "-able,""-eux,""-ment,""-Xtion," and "-ure" in Quebec French. Morphologically, some "-age" suffixals which can be denominal in Quebec French can only be deverbal in European French. Semantically, "-age" deverbals are subdivided…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Descriptive Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), French

Nicklas, Thurston Dale – 1971
This paper provides an analysis of Choctaw morphology based on the orthographical system described by the same author (See FL 002 864). The author begins with a discussion of the articles, cases, and conjunctions of Choctaw, considering their forms and uses. A consideration of independent and dependent personal pronouns follows and forms the basis…
Descriptors: Adjectives, American Indian Languages, Case (Grammar), Choctaw
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

Oliphant, Katrina – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1998
This study investigated sensitivity to morphological, semantic, and syntactic cues to grammatical gender among 64 students of college-level Italian. Results showed sensitivity to cues in word-final phonemes, but low awareness of gender associations of derivational suffixes. Students had more difficulty dealing with multiple cues, particularly when…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Grammar, Higher Education, Italian