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The System of Tense and Aspect in English
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Nehls, Dietrich – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1975
A structural-functional basis for the construction of an English tense system is proposed. It is asserted that such a system will facilitate the teaching of English tense usage. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English, Grammar, Language Usage
Thoughts on Selectional Restrictions
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Fu, Yichin – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1978
A set of five noun features proposed by Chomsky for characterizing the selectional restriction of English verbs are examined. Examples are presented to show how the "small" set of features is both "too broad" and "too narrow" at once. (SW)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Linguistic Theory
Verb Usage in Educated Filipino English
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Castelo, Lutgarda M. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Error Patterns, Language Usage, North American English
"To Infinitive" and "-ing" Form Divergence in British and American English.
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Peters, F. J. J. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Discusses two basic areas of difference between British and American English, namely the complementation of certain participles and the complementation of certain verbs. Complementation after "concerned" and "interested" is illustrated by several examples taken from speech and from newspaper advertisements. (AMH)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Research, Language Usage
Learning Problem Expanded Form--A Performance Analysis
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Zydatiss, Wolfgang – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1976
An analysis of the written compositions of German students (aged 16+, in their fourth or sixth year of English as a foreign language) with regard to their use of the progressive form. Four problem areas are enumerated, and it is suggested that these be included in pedagogic grammars. (KM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Language Instruction, Language Usage