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Peer reviewedMyhill, John – Language Variation and Change, 1992
In clauses with future meaning in Biblical Hebrew, there are consistent functional differences between clauses with verb-initial word order and clauses with non-verb-initial word order. Verb-initial clauses are associated with future events involving cooperation between the speaker, listener, and God. (16 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Hebrew, Language Usage
Peer reviewedTaylor, Ann – Language Variation and Change, 1994
Examines the distribution of clause types in ancient Greek during the Homeric (pre-800 B.C.) and Hellenistic (ca. 100 A.D.) periods, as well as an intermediate period (ca. 450 B.C.), delineating the evolution from a subject-object-verb (SOV) to a subject-verb-object (SVO) structure. (49 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Greek, Language Usage, Language Variation
Peer reviewedParedes Silva, Vera Lucia – Language Variation and Change, 1993
Evidence from a sample of informal written language (personal correspondence) shows that the most important constraints on pronoun usage in subject position are discourse-based. The quantitative analysis supports the hypothesis that pronoun usage is "functional" since semantically relevant information is preserved in surface structure.…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Letters (Correspondence)
