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"When" and "While" as Temporal Conjunctions.
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O'Grady, William D. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Presents an analysis of the similarities and differences between the temporal conjunctions "when" and "while." (AM)
Descriptors: Conjunctions, Linguistic Theory, Phrase Structure, Semantics
Some Semantic Aspects of Relative Clauses in English
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Grannis, O. C. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1975
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Semantics, Sentence Structure
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
Modal "Auxiliaries" in Generative Grammar--Some Pedagogic Implications
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Lee, D. A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1975
A comparison is made of two different approaches to the treatment of modals in the framework of a transformational grammar--that of Seuren, who analyzes modals as "operators," and that of the generative semanticists who take them to be "higher verbs." Implications for language teaching are discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Semantics
A Practical Theory of Syntax for Translation
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Ganeshsundaram, P. C. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1976
Presents theoretical syntactic formulas for translating sentences from one language to another. (KM)
Descriptors: Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages), Sentence Structure
Language Use and Foreign Language Learning
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Oller, John W., Jr. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1971
Revised version of a paper presented at the Second International Congress of Applied Linguistics, Cambridge, England, 1969. (DS)
Descriptors: Charts, Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Systemic-Functional Grammar: Some Implications for Language Teaching.
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McTear, Michael F. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Reviews aspects of Halliday's Systemic-Functional Grammar, emphasizing language functions, modality vs modulation, process types, transitivity, information distribution, and cohesion. Implications for language teaching are discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Intonation
English Grammatical Structure and the Hausa Student: Problem Areas.
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Adeyanju, Thomas K. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Demonstrates how Sector Analysis theory can serve as a model for the contrastive analysis of the grammars of any two languages. Examples are provided for English and Hausa. (AM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Grammar, Hausa
Errors as a Discovery Procedure in Linguistics.
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Noth, Winfried – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Among the topics discussed in a consideration of linguistic errors are the following: (1) errors and linguistic theory, (2) hypotheses on the origin of speech errors, (3) psychological reality of distinctive features and the syllable, (4) structural valence and linguistic errors, and (5) errors and text structure. (SW)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Error Analysis (Language), Linguistic Performance, Linguistic Theory