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Carlson, Erik A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This dissertation examines the development of the Old English vocabulary for fear under the influence of the Latinate discourse of Christian doctrine. The first chapter arranges the Old English words for fear into etymologically organized families and describes their incidence and usage across attested corpus of Old English, using the Dictionary…
Descriptors: Old English, Vocabulary, Fear, Latin
McKenzie, Hope Bussey – 1982
Intended for college students and teachers of English literature, this paper examines the lives and works of three great medieval Anglo-Saxon priestly scholars whose Latin writings have preserved the Anglo-Saxon roots of the English language. The paper first describes the works of Aldhelm, born in 650 A.D., whose poetry was not in the Latin…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Diachronic Linguistics, Higher Education, Latin
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Levin, Harry; And Others – Language and Speech, 1981
Tests the hypothesis that Latinate words are preferred to Anglo-Saxon words in formal instructions or tasks that vary in formality. Three experiments were done, each implementing varying degrees of formality. Situations that call out Latinate words must be unequivocally formal. (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: Etymology, Language Styles, Latin, Literary Devices
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Adams, Marilyn Jager; Henry, Marcia K. – School Psychology Review, 1997
Examines and refutes six myths about beginning and developing reading instruction. Discusses importance of teaching phonological awareness and decoding in beginning reading and of teaching syllable patterns and morpheme patterns from Anglo-Saxon, Greek, and Latin roots and affixes in developing reading. (Author/JDM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classical Languages, Greek, Latin
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Swetman, Glenn R. – Scholar and Educator, 1982
After tracing the history of English grammar, the author defends the teaching of traditional grammar. A suitable English grammar must: (1) recognize the influence of Latin upon English; (2) describe the language while acknowledging its ambiguities; and (3) serve as a reliable guide to usage. (PP)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Descriptive Linguistics, English Instruction, Language Standardization
Bung, Klaus, Ed. – 1968
The author has compiled these papers in an attempt to show (1) the relevance of programed learning research for language teaching, (2) how better materials for the language laboratory can be developed, and (3) how the language laboratory can be used more efficiently. The first part of this two-part volume contains papers on programed learning in…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Bibliographies, Cybernetics, Language Instruction
Watkins, Stephen A. – WAFLT Forum, 1978
Olympic View Middle School has established a program designed to stimulate interest in foreign languages and cultures. The course is intended as an introduction to foreign language and culture study, and is required for all 7th and 8th grade students. Program 1 of the course is taught during one semester of 7th grade, Program 2 during one semester…
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Cultural Awareness
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1878
The Commissioner of Education presents an education-progress review, and discusses compulsory education; national education aid; work of the commissioner's office; education statistical summaries; nurse-training schools; states' education duties; results of five years' compulsory education in Great Britain; industrial day schools; the Boston…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Conferences (Gatherings), Schools of Education, Business Schools