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Stokes, Craig R. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation is a study of Castilian transcodic markers in the Catalan written on the Internet. Thirty Castilian transcodic markers representing five categories were run through the interface of the Corpus d'Us del Catala a la Web (CucWeb) to collect information in order to conduct both qualitative and quantitative analysis. The major…
Descriptors: Priming, Language Patterns, Semantics, Nouns
Entwisle, Doris R.; Greenberger, Ellen – Sociol Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Dialects, Language Patterns, Minority Groups, Semantics

Di Paolo, Marianna – American Speech, 1989
Study of East and West Texans' (N=62) use of double modals as single lexical items and their syntactic and semantic characteristics found that neither Aux nor subcategorization analysis could account for both single-modal and double-modal dialects. Double modals, however, could conceivably be analyzed as two-word lexical items such as idioms or…
Descriptors: Dialects, Discourse Analysis, English, Language Patterns
Linguistic Factors in the Realization of the Copula: Suggestions for Investigation in Black English.

Pfaff, Carol W. – 1972
Four realizations of the copula occur in English, two in both Anglo and Black English and two in Black English and in some varieties of Anglo English but not in standard English. This paper describes the use of the copula in English and identifies the phonological, syntactic, and semantic factors which are believed to condition its realization in…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Dialects, Language Patterns, Nonstandard Dialects
Gregory, Michael J. – Metas, 1980
Expounds Firth's views on the problems of translation and surveys theories of translation by some Firthian linguists. Defines the concept of meaning and the concept of varieties within a language, discussing various dialect categories and other categories that relate to constant features of speakers' and writers' use. (MES)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Creative Writing, Cultural Context, Dialects

Shekar, Chandra; Hegde, M. N. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
This article reviews the cultural and linguistic background of Asian Indians in the United States. It highlights some of the phonological, grammatical, semantic, and vocabulary usage peculiarities of the variety of English called Indian English spoken by immigrants from the Indian subcontinent. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Dialects, Ethnic Groups

Wardhaugh, Ronald – Reading Teacher, 1968
Three principles are integral to any reading theory which provides reading teachers and researchers with the linguistic explanatory power required by linguistic theory. A clear understanding of language is dependent on the knowledge of what language is and how it works. There is an important distinction between competence and performance; most…
Descriptors: Dialects, Figurative Language, Graphemes, Language Patterns
Morgan, Argiro L. – Elementary English, 1972
The article discusses how semantic variations in the speech of lower socioeconomic children reflects the deprivations in their lives. (MF)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Language, Dialects, Elementary School Students
Byron, Janet – 1974
This paper suggests that new approaches are needed in the study of language standardization. One such approach is the consideration of standardization in terms of processes, i.e., in terms of series of related events, rather than as a group of unrelated discrete happenings. Borrowing is one recurring feature in language standardization, and in…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Culture Contact, Dialects, Diglossia
Lawton, David, Ed. – 1971
The seven papers in this volume cover varied topics in the field of current linguistics. The first paper, on underlying phonological representations, is written to show that, on the basis of syllabification, vowel quality is a redundant aspect of English phonology and that stress assignment can also be based on syllabification. The second paper…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialects, English
Gadlin, Barry; Nemanich, Donald – Illinois English Bulletin, 1974
An article and a bibliography constitute this issue of the "Illinois English Bulletin." In "Keep the Natives from Getting Restless," Barry Gadlin examines native language learning by children from infancy through high school and discusses the theories of several authors concerning the teaching of the native language. The "Bibliography of…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Child Language, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects
Wardhaugh, Ronald – 1972
This book attempts to provide a broad and not too highly technical coverage of linguistic theory, both historically and in its current status. Although no particular viewpoint is espoused, a penchant for transformation generative grammar is apparent. The text discusses language as a means of communication, the physiology of articulation,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Bibliographies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis
Bolinger, Dwight – 1968
A survey of the substance of linguistics and of the activities of linguists is presented in an attempt to acquaint ordinary readers with the various aspects of la"guage. A discussion of the human tendency toward speech, of the traits of language, and of phonetic elements prepares the way for an analysis of the structure of languag e in terms of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Diachronic Linguistics
Grosjean, Francois, Ed. – 1989
The journal of linguistics of the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland) contains information on the programs and faculty and articles in French (F) and English (E). They include: "From Behavioral Psychology to Sociolinguistics: Ten Years of Linguistics Applied to Language Teaching at Neuchatel" (F); "Intonation and Syntax:…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Classroom Techniques, Consonants

Edrial-Luzares, Casilda, Ed.; Hale, Austin, Ed. – 1977
This volume is devoted to papers on an empirical or theoretical nature contributing to the study of language and communicative behavior in the Philippines. Articles included are: (1) "The Phonemic Consequences of Two Morphophonemic Rules in Molbog," by H. Arnold Thiessen; (2) "A Look at a Northern Kankanay Text (a syntactic…
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Case (Grammar), Cebuano, Deep Structure
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