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Download full textRogers, Andy, Ed.; And Others – 1977
The ten papers in this volume are largely revisions of papers presented at the Texas conference, held March 22-24, 1973. The first paper, "Against Universal Semantic Representation," by Gilbert Harman, argues against the need for (and the possibility of) a level of semantic representation in a theory of language. "Remarks on the…
Descriptors: English, Generative Grammar, Language, Language Classification
Ruhlen, Merritt – 1975
The present work is divided into two parts. Part I provides a general orientation to the material for both linguists and non-linguists. Part II contains information about 700 of the world's languages. Chapter 1 presents a few of the essentials about language and languages for non-linguists. Chapter 2 provides a brief explanation of how the data…
Descriptors: Dialects, Language, Language Classification, Language Typology
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Curriculum Development in English. – 1968
This 10th-grade unit on language introduces the major ways in which people learn language. Primary source materials used are Roger Brown's "Words and Things" and selected writings of Francis Nelson, Cathy Hayes, and Charles Hockett. The linguistic and nonlinguistic "worlds" in which people live and the need for people to…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Context, Cultural Influences
