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Pramod Kumar Sah; Anu Upadhaya – Journal of English as an International Language, 2016
The rise of English as a global lingua franca and the increasing use of it into the multilingual and multicultural contexts appear to be further indexing a number of new issues. These issues include from the discussion of its ownership -- that it is no longer only the language of native speakers of it, as statistically non-native speakers make up…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Official Languages, Language Role, English (Second Language)
Morreale, Margherita – Yelmo, 1979
Discusses the infrequently used Spanish future subjunctive ending "-re." (NCR)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Grammar, Language Role, Morphology (Languages)

Comrie, Bernard – Second Language Research, 1997
Discusses points made in a previous paper, arguing that the presence of the basic word order Agent-Verb-Patient in the Basic Variety (BV) may reflect the salience of this word order in the target language as suggested by comparable data from creoles. Although the BV may serve the communicative functions of true languages, they may not fulfill…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Creoles
Wartburg, Walther v.; Ullmann, Stephen – 1969
The present volume (originally published in German under the title "Einfuhrung in Problematik und Methodik der Sprachwissenschaft" by Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tubingen, in 1943) contains a "clear, elegant and non-technical introduction into some of the fundamental problems of general linguistics, enlivened by numerous examples, mainly from the Romance…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Role, Language Styles
Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (TRANEL), 1983
The nine papers in this collection include: "L'expression du feminin dans l'adjectif latin: Genese et extension de *-ih2 comme morpheme de feminin grammatical en indo-europeen" (The Expression of the Feminine in the Latin Adjective: Genesis and Extension of the -ih2' as Grammatical Feminine Morpheme in Indo-European); "Lexikalische…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adolescents, Creativity, Diachronic Linguistics
Romaine, Suzanne, Ed. – 1998
The volume, which is part of a series providing a full account of the history of the English language, details the history of English from 1776 to 1997. An extensive introduction explains the changing socio-historic setting in which English has developed in response to a continuing background of diversity as it was transplanted to North America…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context, Diachronic Linguistics, English
Harris, John, Ed.; And Others – 1986
This collection of symposium papers on varieties of the English language used in Ireland includes: "The Role of Irish English in the Formation of Colonial Englishes," by P. Trudgill; "Anglo-Irish Verse in Translation from Irish," by P. L. Henry; "The Methodology of Urban Language Studies," by J. Milroy;…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English
Farris, Amal – 1975
The purpose of this paper is to present a general overview of the linguistic setting of Arabic. Three main areas are covered. The first of these, diglossia, is defined in general terms and then examined more closely in relation to its historical development in Arabic-speaking countries (i.e., as resulting from geographic, socioeconomic, and…
Descriptors: Arabic, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Langacker, Ronald W. – 1967
Intended for people with little or no training in linguistics, this book initially deals with such basic concepts as the definition of linguistics, the nature of language, and the linguistic variations within a society. The discussion then moves to a more detailed, non-historical analysis of language structure, focusing on lexical items,…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects
Petrounias, E. – 1970
This article explains the linguistic situation in Greece and the condition of diglossia that has arisen there through the use of common Modern Greek, developing from the Athenian dialect into a medium of communication used by all Greeks, and the use of Katharevusa, the "pure" or "purifying" language which is supposedly an imitation of Ancient…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics, Diglossia, Greek
Bolinger, Dwight – 1968
A survey of the substance of linguistics and of the activities of linguists is presented in an attempt to acquaint ordinary readers with the various aspects of la"guage. A discussion of the human tendency toward speech, of the traits of language, and of phonetic elements prepares the way for an analysis of the structure of languag e in terms of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Diachronic Linguistics
Hoffer, Bates, Ed. – 1996
Forty-five papers on linguistic theory and language research from the annual conference address these topics: aspects of discourse analysis; agreement languages; grammatical relations; syntax; phonology; grammar; contrastive linguistics; second language learning; syntax; quotations; topic management; aphasia; interpersonal communication; laughter;…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Aphasia, Bilingualism, Black Dialects
Gutierrez-Rexach, Javier, Ed.; Martinez-Gil, Fernando, Ed. – 1999
Papers from the 1998 Hispanic Linguistics Symposium include: "Patterns of Gender Agreement in the Speech of Second Language Learners"; "'Nomas' in Mexican American Dialect"; "Parsing Spanish 'solo'"; "On Levels of Processing and Levels of Comprehension"; "The Role of Attention in Second/Foreign Language Classroom Research: Methodological Issues";…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Laberge, Julie, Ed.; Vezina, Robert, Ed. – 1996
The 33 papers, all in French, from the 1996 conference on research in linguistics address a wide range of topics in linguistics, including: linguists as an endangered species; categorizing verb specifiers in Yoruba; socio-terminology as a framework for understanding the language of orthodontia; French-to-Arabic borrowings in the 19th and 20th…
Descriptors: Advertising, African Languages, Arabic, Bilingualism