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Wedel, Alfred R. – Linguistics, 1974
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Usage
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Huisman, Ronald D. – Linguistics, 1973
Paper written at a field workshop conducted by Joseph E. Grimes; research conducted under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, July 1968-January 1971, and partially supported by the National Science Foundation. (DD)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Usage
Ultan, Russell – 1971
Metathesis was examined as a more or less systematic process that tends to preserve segments or features that would otherwise be lost or changed through the effects of other processes, notably reduction, assimilation, epenthesis, et al. It was also shown that metathesis is recessive as opposed to most other competing processes. With one exception,…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Universals
Lecointre, Simone; Le Galliot, Jean – Langages, 1973
Special issue on "Changing Linguistics." (DD)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Generative Grammar, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
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Ivic, Pavle – Language Sciences, 1973
Original version of this paper presented during the 1970 Linguistic Institute in Columbus, Ohio. (VM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Acquisition
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Shi, Dingxu – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1990
Provides an analysis, based on theory-independent structural information, of the structure of postadverbials associated with the Mandarin morpheme "de," arguing that "de" does not stand for a unique morpheme, but for three homophonous ones. (24 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Usage
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Longacre, Robert E. – Discourse Processes, 1989
Uses eight languages in five distinct linguistic areas to examine two hypotheses regarding text generation and analysis and to illustrate their reciprocity relative to narrative discourse. Demonstrates how these hypotheses yield salience schemes and constituent analysis which mutually corroborate and correct each other. (KEH)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Discourse Modes
Fromkin, Victoria A. – 1974
This paper examines the problem of whether tonal representation should be considered segmental or suprasegmental. Woo's hypothesis that tone features are to be specified segmentally is discussed as well as Leben's statement that in some languages tone is suprasegmental. The following are criteria suggested as a basis for tonal representation:…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Intonation, Language Patterns
Moon, Gui-Sun – 1987
A discussion of the nasal harmony of Aguaruna, a language of the Jivaroan family in South America, approaches the subject from the viewpoint of generative phonology. This theory of phonology proposes an underlying nasal consonant, later deleted, that accounts for vowel nasalization. Complex rules that suppose a complex system of vowel and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Diachronic Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Generative Phonology
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Spencer, Andrew – Journal of Linguistics, 1986
Presents: (1) the basic facts of vowel-zero alternations and palatalization in Polish; (2) a nonlinear account of the vowel-zero alternations; (3) a reanalysis of palatalization facts in terms of morpholexical rules; and (4) speculations relating to learnability considerations and the nature of linguistic theory construction. (CB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Comparative Analysis, Consonants, Czech
Lehtonen, Jaakko; Koponen, Matti – 1977
This report deals with sporadic observations on the glottal stop in the English spoken by Finns. The data were collected in connection with two separate studies. An attempt is made to give a description of the factors which may explain the occurrence of glottalization and to outline the method by which the phenomenon will be approached in greater…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), English (Second Language), Interference (Language)
Wheeler, Marcus – Annali, 1961
The problem of determining the grammatical status of predicate words in Russian is examined in this article. The contrast between the morphological heterogeneity and the seemingly uniform function of predicative forms has led to the postulation of a new part of speech described as the "category of state". However, the status of predicate words as…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Componential Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language), Form Classes (Languages)
Haskins Labs., New Haven, CT. – 1973
This document contains 21 reports on speech research relating to the following areas: phonology, speech development, speech perception, phonetics, short-term memory of tactile stimuli, reading, linguistic and paralinguistic interchange, computer processing of EMG (electromyographic) signals, pitch determination by adaptive autocorrelation method,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Auditory Discrimination, Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language)
DeArmond, Richard C. – 1975
This paper discusses the English verbal inflectional system within the lexicalist framework. A lexicalist approach to syntax is one in which all syntactic grammatical relations, lexical items, and the result of transformations are subject to semantic interpretation. That is, semantic information cannot be generated by syntactic rules. A filtering…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), English, Generative Phonology
Gee, James Paul, Ed.; And Others – 1973
This volume includes 12 of the 24 papers presented at the Third Annual California Linguistics Conference. Selections are drawn from each of the four sessions, covering semantic and lexical structure, phonology, syntax, and language in context. Each of the papers includes a bibliography, as well as diagrams, charts, and appendixes when necessary.…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Distinctive Features (Language), Dutch, German
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