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Language Use and Foreign Language Learning
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Oller, John W., Jr. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1971
Revised version of a paper presented at the Second International Congress of Applied Linguistics, Cambridge, England, 1969. (DS)
Descriptors: Charts, Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
On Some Modalities of Syntactic Productivity and Choice
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Titone, Renzo – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1970
The psycholinguistic experiments reported here lead the author to the conclusion that there is a definite interdependence between semantic values and syntactic functions in the construction of sentences and that a satisfactory interpretation of syntactic encoding demands a consideration of the personality structure of the individual speaker.…
Descriptors: Individual Psychology, Linguistic Theory, Psycholinguistics, Semantics
Some Semantic Aspects of Relative Clauses in English
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Grannis, O. C. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1975
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Semantics, Sentence Structure
Bericht uber das Forschungsprojekt "Die integrierte Erzeugung zweier oder mehrerer Sprachen als grammatiktheoretisches Problem" (Report on the Research Project"The Integrated Production of Two or Several Languages as a Grammar-Theory Problem")
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Pusch, L. F. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1975
Summarizes author's work in developing a transformational-generative grammar which can account for concurrent production of two or several languages. (DH)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Modal "Auxiliaries" in Generative Grammar--Some Pedagogic Implications
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Lee, D. A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1975
A comparison is made of two different approaches to the treatment of modals in the framework of a transformational grammar--that of Seuren, who analyzes modals as "operators," and that of the generative semanticists who take them to be "higher verbs." Implications for language teaching are discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Semantics
A Semanico-Syntactic Approach to Contrastive Analysis--Some 'Be' and 'Have' Sentences in English and Chinese.
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Chu, Chauncey C. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1978
Proposes an approach to contrastive linguistics which takes into account syntax and semantics, and discusses the role of such an approach in explaining surface structure differences between English and Chinese sentences of the type: "He is a good pianist" and "I have a bad knee." (AM)
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, English
The Role of Error Analysis in Clarifying Linguistic Distinctions between English "When" and its Japanese Equivalents.
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Netsu, Machiko – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1984
Discusses the production of anomalous sentences by non-native students of the Japanese language and suggests that the primary cause of various errors indicated in such sentences is the confusion with English "when." In addition, it is suggested that error analysis can help clarify the nature of grammatical problems and facilitate learning of…
Descriptors: English, Error Analysis (Language), Grammar, Japanese
The Teaching of Technical English in the Indian Context
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Sharma, Ram S. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1978
Describes the phonology, grammar and semantics of Technical English in India. Interference from the mother tongue and from Common English is also discussed. (KM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Error Analysis (Language), Grammar
Fehler in der englischen Satzgliedfolge (Errors in English Word Order)
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Zydatiss, Wolfgang – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1973
Descriptors: Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer), English (Second Language), Error Patterns
Foreign Language Teaching Picture as an Organised System.
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Spaleny, Eugen; Peprnik, Jaroslav – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1967
To increase the efficacy of visual instruction, more must be known about the operational forces within the image, and the determining factors in picture quality as a means of communication. The theory of information applied to this analysis of pictorial content, the fundamental thesis being that the value of an image depends on its content of…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Audiovisual Aids, Communication (Thought Transfer), Grammar
Going Beyond the Sentence: Implications of Discourse Analysis for the Teaching of the Writing Skill.
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Ghadessy, Mohsen – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1984
Questions the prevalent attitude of English as a second language teachers regarding the teaching of writing skills. Weaknesses in syllabi and teaching strategies are cited, indicating deficiencies in the teaching of discourse analysis--the manipulation of words, structures, and ideas--all skills necessary for the development and production of a…
Descriptors: Coherence, Communicative Competence (Languages), Creative Activities, Discourse Analysis