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Peer reviewedCalve, Pierre – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1972
Discusses the pros and cons of exceptional grammar rules in French and some of the main differences in spoken and written usage. (DS)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), French, Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedParks, Roger L.; Vigil, Neddy – Hispania, 1992
A context-based framework for teaching the history of Portuguese is presented. It incorporates passages from a medieval Galician-Portuguese work to illustrate diachronic linguistic processes in the evolution of the language. Advantages of the approach, prerequisites, text, and syllabus are described, and a sample analysis is provided. (53…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, European History, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Johannesson, Nils-Lennart – 1984
John Searle's treatment of declarations in his (1976) classification of speech acts is examined. Some acts that are classified as declarations by that theorist, especially certain ones relating to religious rituals and literary usage, do not fit the definition of that class and should be reclassified, either in another one of Searle's classes…
Descriptors: Classification, Descriptive Linguistics, European History, Language Patterns
