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Moy, Raymond H. – TESOL Quarterly, 1977
In this study the inadequacies of rules governing the present perfect in isolated sentences are discussed and then two contextual factors thought to be connected with current relevance and the use of the present perfect are described. These factors are experimentally shown to influence use of the present perfect significantly. (CHK)
Descriptors: Adverbs, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Instruction
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Nattinger, James R. – TESOL Quarterly, 1980
Lexical phrases such as deictic locutions, phrasal constraints, sentence builders, and situational utterances are examined using categories from artificial intelligence. It is argued that these and other types of patterned speech should be carefully organized and given a greater place in English as a Second Language curricula than at present. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)