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STIMSON, HUGH – 1966
MUTUAL INTELLIGIBILITY, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE INITIAL BASIS FOR CHINESE DIALECT CLASSIFICATION, ALONG WITH GEOGRAPHIC PROXIMITY HAS PROVIDED A FAIRLY REALISTIC GROUPING OF THE MANDARIN DIALECTS. IT NOW SEEMS DESIRABLE TO WORK OUT A FORMAL DEFINITION IN PRECISE LINGUISTIC TERMS OF WHAT CONSTITUTES A MANDARIN DIALECT AND TO DISCOVER WHETHER…
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
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Norman, Jerry L. – 1971
This document provides a description of the Chien-yang dialect of Chinese along with a comparative description of the Chien-ou dialect and a discussion of the entire Min dialect family. The Min dialects are considered with respect to geography (including maps), internal subgrouping, numbers of speakers, and mutual intelligibility. The main part of…
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics
Chiu, Rosaline Kwan-wai – 1970
The present volume deals specifically with language contact, dialect contact, and standardization. The scope of the documentation is defined by the policy that the research was to be done exclusively from primary sources. Five hundred ten titles, selected from 71 monographs, journals, and periodicals published in China and parts of Southeast Asia…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics
Bansal, R. K. – 1976
Twenty-four English speakers from various regions of India were tested for the intelligibility of their speech. Recordings of speech in a variety of contexts were evaluated by listeners from the United Kingdom, the United States, Nigeria, and Germany. On the basis of the resulting intelligibility scores, factors which tend to hinder…
Descriptors: Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies
Neustupny, Jiri V. – 1971
The author considers the issues of linguistic diversity (distribution of variation within communities) and linguistic distance (degree of variation between varieties within a system or between variety systems). He seeks to emphasize the usefulness for further development of distance studies of the concept of language area (Sprachbund), the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Community, Community Characteristics, Contrastive Linguistics
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Hudson, Joyce, Ed.; Pym, N., Ed. – 1984
Reports on three surveys of Australian Aboriginal language use, undertaken to determine the language groups' needs for translation and literacy projects, are presented. "Communicability of Some Western Desert Communilects" by K. C. Hansen evaluates mutual intelligibility between languages and dialects in that region, and addresses the complicating…
Descriptors: Australian Aboriginal Languages, Bilingualism, Community Surveys, Creoles
Coppola, Carlo – 1972
Despite similarities between Hindi and Urdu and mutual intelligibility, at least on the spoken level, slight grammatical differences between the two languages do exist. The treatment of gender provides an example of such differences. Explanation of the actual differences in gender usage can be based on a synchronic, linguistic level as well as on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Culture, Descriptive Linguistics
Forbes, Jack D. – 1972
This is an introductory study of the mutual intelligibility among the various dialects and languages in the Manitowinini family. Specific languages considered include Powhatan, Lenape, Natick, Otchipwe, and Nanticoke. The goal of the study is not merely to comprehend inter-tribal relations better, but also to discover the actual…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Communication (Thought Transfer), Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics
Veith, Donald P. – California English Journal, 1968
For the beginning or general student, dialectology and the history of the English language can both be taught with a common frame of reference provided by certain principles of linguistic change. Related in obvious ways with the history of language but often overlooked in dialectology, these principles are (1) that any living language is certain…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Isolation, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Weinreich, Uriel – 1964
A preface by Andre Martinet and a brief discussion of the author's approach to research introduce this descriptive study of bilingualism. Various aspects of interference--lexical, grammatical, and phonic are examined. Major emphasis is focused on the role and influence of socio-cultural setting and psychological factors inherent in bilingualism.…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Pluralism
Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1978
The purpose of this guide is to provide Americans working with the Hmongs with: (1) some practical information on the Hmongs, their origins and language; (2) a detailed description of the sounds of the Hmong language; and (3) a discussion on Hmong as an unwritten language. This is the first of three guides to be published on the Hmongs, a people…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Asian Americans, Asian Studies, Consonants