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Devine, A. M. – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Classification, Graphemes, Language Universals, Phonemes
Pak, Tae-yong – 1971
This paper shows that the proposition, our universal thought process, underlies its linguistic realization, the sentence of a specific language, and provides the theoretical basis for interlingual translation as well as intralingual paraphrase. (An example of componential analysis is shown for some Korean sibling terms.) (Author/AMM)
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Deep Structure, Korean, Language Universals

Gray, Bennison – Language Sciences, 1974
Final chapter of "The Grammatical Foundations of Rhetoric", to be published by Mouton, The Hague, Netherlands. (DD)
Descriptors: English, Language Universals, Phrase Structure, Semantics

Wheller, Max W. – Journal of Linguistics, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diagrams, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Research
Van Overbeke, Maurice – Linguistique, 1975
This article examines the concept of "antonym" and the various types of antonyms in order to determine a coherent structure. Far from being simple, the structure of antomym is seen as containing a gradation of meaning going from relativity to the absolute, and thus it is seen as a reflection of conceptual dialectic. (Text is in French.)…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Universals, Lexicology
Greenberg, Joseph H. – 1970
Use of "the language of observation" as a level of scientific discourse is exemplified. The formal properties of this language are characterized, and the derivability and feasibility of the axiomatic method as applied to it are considered. Also discussed are the theoretical and practical significance of this level with respect to various…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Phonology
Searle, John R. – 1969
The author, professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley, investigates problems in the philosophy of language from the standpoint that language is a rule-governed form of behavior. He takes as his fundamental concept the "speech act," and gives an analysis of what it is to make statements, ask questions, make promises, and…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Language, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
Ferguson, Charles A. – 1971
The paper presents a set of linguistic phenomena illustrative of the notion "universal tendency". Linguistic generalizations are regarded here not as isolated, "true-or-false" propositions but as embedded in a hierarchy of competing forces. An "exception" to a universal is thus seen as the result of the prevalence of another conflicting universal…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory

Bell, Alan – 1971
A particular aspect of syllable structure, length of syllable margins, was investigated with the aid of a Markov chain model. The model represented explicitly the dynamic relationship between types of syllable structure and the historical processes that affect them. It is proposed that the regularities concerning syllable types (universality of CV…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Classification, Language Patterns, Language Typology

Tchekhoff, Claude – Langue Francaise, 1977
A study of the syntactic organization of discourse and an attempt to show that in all languages organization is necessary for meaningful utterances. Topics covered are: the necessity of regular predication in French; a definition of the subject-verb unity; and the non-verbal predicate. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, French, Grammar

Blansitt, Edward L., Jr. – 1973
In this paper the bitransitive clause is defined in terms of its nuclear tagmemes: subject, predicate, direct object, and indirect object. A semantic characterization is given of the prototype bitransitive clause with a correlation of situational roles and grammatical functions. The nine different dominant orders in bitransitive clauses which were…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Language Patterns, Language Universals
Hjelmslev, Louis – 1970
Louis Hjelmslev (1899-1965), whose linguistic theories have been influential both in his native Denmark and throughout the world, here describes in larger perspective and in a manner intended for the layman, certain aspects of linguistic science. He begins by distinguishing the functional analysis of a single language from the description of a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Deep Structure, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Typology
Ultan, Russell – 1971
Metathesis was examined as a more or less systematic process that tends to preserve segments or features that would otherwise be lost or changed through the effects of other processes, notably reduction, assimilation, epenthesis, et al. It was also shown that metathesis is recessive as opposed to most other competing processes. With one exception,…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Universals

Cromer, Richard – Urban Review, 1975
In one experiment, children from 5 to 10 years of age played with puppets and responded to questions concerning the acquisition of one particular linguistic structure by children; in another series of experiments, both children and adults responded to questions regarding nonsense words in differentiating contexts--the focus of the discussion…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns

Bart, Frederick B. – Language Sciences, 1973
Response to Robert A. Hall, Jr.'s article, "Why a Structural Semantics Is Impossible," Language Sciences, n21. (DD)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Componential Analysis, Concept Formation, Content Analysis