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Russell, William M. – Linguistics, 1975
The linguist does not usually describe grammatical structures of stylized sentences because there are none well-formed on the surface. He could use rules for organizational and relational features of the grammar which affect the last lines of generation to produce deviant but acceptable linguistic forms, thereby increasing the predictive power of…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Grammar, Language Styles, Language Usage
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Walmsley, John B. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1970
Attempts to apply the techniques and ideas of transformational grammar to the teaching of translation. A three-step procedure in which in the original text is reduced to based and embedded sentences, translated and reconstituted in the target language is outlined. Stylistic aspects of translation are also discussed. (FWB)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Interference (Language), Language Instruction, Language Styles
van Oirsouw, Robert R. – 1978
The source of syntactic ambiguity and facts concerning the resolution of such ambiguity are discussed in this paper. The attitude of qenerative linguists towards ambiguity is examined, and a working distinction is drawn between vaqueness and ambiguity. The consequences of this distinction are then examined for syntactic ambiguity and an ordering…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Deep Structure, Discourse Analysis, Grammar
Stanley, Julia Penelope – 1978
Any theory of stylistics sets itself the task of accounting for choices made by a speaker/writer among theoretically available and more-or-less equivalent linguistic structures. This task is a stumbling-block in the way of most attempts to construct a theory of style because there is no consistent method of defining 'available structures' and…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Discourse Analysis, English, Grammar
Longacre, Robert E. – 1972
This volume accompanies and illustrates "Hierarchy and Universality of Discourse Constituents in New Guinea Languages: Discussion" (FL 003 513), which reports on research carried out in New Guinea and surrounding areas. This volume provides sample texts, over and beyond the fragmentary examples given in the discussion text. The examples…
Descriptors: Austro Asiatic Languages, Calculus, Classification, Deep Structure