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Brasington, R. W. P. – Journal of Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages)

Krzeszowski, Tomasz P. – Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 1973
The necessity is asserted for constructing a theory of contrastive analysis which would incorporate both translation equivalence and "form and placement of the rules in grammar" as criteria for making decisions concerning comparability. (Available from: See FL 508 214). (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Language Universals

Gussmann, Edmund – Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 1973
It is asserted that the treatment of intonation within the framework of generative grammar has not shown whether surface syntactic structure is sufficient for formulation of phonological rules. An attempt is made to demonstrate that within English phonology reference to deep structure is necessary. (Available from: See FL 508 214). (RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English, Intonation, Language Universals
Moravcsik, Edith A. – 1971
Four hypotheses concerning the linguistic structure of yes-no questions and their answers are considered as hypotheses relating to the abstract structure of yes-no questions and to this abstract structure in all human languages. The universal base hypotheses are the following: (1) The abstract representation of all yes-no questions includes two…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Questioning Techniques

Bracken, Harry M. – Language Sciences, 1972
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Language Universals, Linguistic Competence

Zwicky, Arnold M. – Journal of Linguistics, 1972
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory

Arutjunova, N. D. – Linguistics, 1975
Treats the general linguistic aspect of Fillmore's theories. (RM)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Language Universals

Polanski, Kazimierz – Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 1972
An argument is made for a theory of deep structure which does not neglect surface structure analysis. See FL 508 197 for availability. (RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
FILLMORE, CHARLES J. – 1967
IN THIS PAPER, PREPARED FOR THE APRIL 1967 TEXAS SYMPOSIUM ON LINGUISTIC UNIVERSALS, IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE GRAMMATICAL NOTION "CASE" DESERVES A PLACE IN THE BASE COMPONENT OF THE GRAMMAR OF EVERY LANGUAGE. IT IS ARGUED THAT PAST RESEARCH HAS NOT LED TO VALID INSIGHTS ON CASE RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT WHAT IS NEEDED IS A CONCEPTION OF BASE…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Grammar, Language Typology, Language Universals
Anderson, John M. – Langages, 1975
A critical review of the development of case theory as put forth by N. Chomsky, C. J. Fillmore, J. M. Anderson, J. J. Robinson, and S. Starosta. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, Form Classes (Languages), Generative Grammar
Talmy, Leonard – 1973
An analytic sketch of motion/location in more primitive spatio-temporal terms is presented. The earlier account (ED 096 825), showing various languages' most characteristic pattern for deriving a putatively-universal underlying representation of motion and location, is continued. The English pattern is characterized further (amplified by data from…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English, Language Patterns, Language Typology
Kay , Martin – 1970
The author outlines the construction of a somewhat different machine than that envisioned by Turing (with which it would be possible to converse, presumably by telephone or telegraph, and which would be capable of masquerading as a human being). The machine envisaged by the author would be capable of doing comprehension exercises. Such a machine…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Grammar, Language Universals, Linguistic Competence
Harries, Helga – 1973
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the process of coordination reduction in various languages and to propose a universal set of rules that will account for all types of coordination reduction. In a brief discussion of some of the more recent proposals on coordination reduction it will be shown that these proposals fail to account for the…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Universals
Harries, Helga – 1973
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how languages express contrastive emphasis. It is argued that all contrastively emphasized constructions have underlying cleft sentences, independent of whether the surface structure is an equational or a nonequational one. It is furthermore argued that emphatic word orders are systematic and predictable…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar
Chafe, Wallace L. – 1970
This book offers a theory of language which departs from both structuralist and Chomskyan transformational linguistics in using semantic structure as its base. The theory is illustrated mostly from English by means of a step-by-step analysis of a large part of English semantic structure. A specific and detailed theory of language is thus…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Deep Structure, Diachronic Linguistics, English