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PDF pending restorationKhubchandani, Lachman M., Comp. – 2000
This monograph was originally a chapter from a 14-volume series, "Current Trends in Linguistics," that presented reviews of research pertaining to language and society worldwide. This publication provides access to researchers of the Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent, focusing on the Sindhi language. Chapter 1, "Sindhi Studies:…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Instructional Materials
Gibbs, Donna, Ed.; Krause, Kerri-Lee, Ed. – 2000
This book analyzes the distinctive language and culture of the Internet. It offers a study of the fusion of linguistic, visual, and technological dimensions which characterize the World Wide Web. Recognizing that Internet language is being created at a prodigious rate, the authors set out to equip teachers and educators with a key to understanding…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Dialect Studies, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Download full textCormier, Monique C., Ed.; Francoeur, Aline, Ed. – 1997
Papers on lexicographic research in Quebec (Canada) include: "Indications semantiques dans les dictionnaires bilingues" ("Semantic Indications in Bilingual Dictionaries) (Johanne Blais, Roda P. Roberts); "Definitions predictionnairiques de 'maison, batiment, et pavillon'" ("Pre-dictionary definitions of 'house,…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Definitions, Dictionaries, English
Williams, Alexander, Ed.; Kaiser, Elsi, Ed. – 2000
This issue includes the following articles: "On Negative Alternative Questions" (Chung-hye Han); "A Categorical Syntax for Verbs of Perception" (Robin Clark, Gerhard Jager); "Defective Complements in Tree Adjoining Grammar" (Seth Kulick, Robert Frank, K. Vijayshanker); "The Convergence of Lexicalist Perspectives…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Computational Linguistics, Computer Uses in Education, Dialects
de Klerk, Vivian, Ed. – 1996
Essays on English in South Africa and its neighboring countries include: "A History of English in South Africa" (Len Lanham); "English in South African Society: A Preliminary Overview" (Bill Branford); "Black English in South Africa" (David Gough); "Language Contact, Transmission, Shift: South African Indian…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context, Diachronic Linguistics
Schneider, Edgar W., Ed. – 1996
Essays on varieties of English in the United States include: "Research Trends in the Study of American English" (Edgar W. Schneider); "Piney Woods Southern" (Lee Pederson); "Foundations of American English" (William A. Kretzschmar, Jr.); "The Comparability of Linguistic Atlas Records: The Case of LANCS an…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), College Students
