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Gahraman, Mirzayeva Intizar – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The study aims to analyze the distributional features of adverbial modifier of manner in two languages that are typologically and genealogically different: English and Azerbaijani. Although the issue has been focused in these languages separately from various angles including semantic, syntactic and prosodic perspectives, there is a gap in the…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Second Language Learning, Grammar, Semantics
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Strange, David – Linguistics, 1973
Paper prepared during a workshop conducted by Joseph E. Grimes, January-April 1971, at Ukarumpa, Territory of New Guinea, and partially supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation. (DD)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Distinctive Features (Language), Semantics, Sentence Structure
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Demers, Richard A. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1974
Revised version of a paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on Salish Languages, Bellingham, Washington, August 1972; research supported by the Research Council of the University of Massachusetts, the Society of Sigma Xi, and the American Council of Learned Societies. (DD)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Distinctive Features (Language), Grammar, Phonetics
Harris, Richard J.; Brewer, William F. – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Based in part on an M.A. thesis presented to the University of Illinois by Mr. Harris; deixis refers to those words which have a demonstrative or pointing function, e.g., the pronouns this'' or that''. (DD)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Distinctive Features (Language)
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West, Anne – Linguistics, 1973
Field work conducted under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics; research supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. (DD)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Distinctive Features (Language), Malayo Polynesian Languages, Phrase Structure
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Feider, H. – Glossa, 1973
Revised version of a paper presented to the Canadian Linguistic Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 1972; research partially supported by the Canada Council. (DD)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Charts, Child Language, Distinctive Features (Language)
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Lewandowska, Barbara – Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 1973
An analysis is made of three "wh" words -- what, which, and who -- which are most frequently used as interrogative and relative pronouns in English. An attempt is made to find some formal syntactic markers distinguishing these two uses and consequently to postulate distinct feature matrices for them. (Available from: See FL 508 214.) (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), English, Language Patterns
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Bangerter, Lowell A. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1973
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), German, Language Instruction, Semantics
Oliverius, Zdenek F. – 1970
The author argues that a componential analysis of Russian case desinences is possible and useful, and that it consequently deserves a place in the linguistic analysis of Contemporary Standard Russian. The two basic assumptions of the author's theory are: first, that the meaning of cases reflects primarily the relation of substantives to the action…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Componential Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language)
Kovac, Ceil – 1975
Following a review of related work on intonation, both phonetic and phonemic descriptions of intonation in Italian are presented. Using recordings of radio broadcasts as data, a system of assigning pitch levels to syllables was devised, based on four pitches. The close relationship between stress placement and pitch level was considered. In order…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Intonation, Italian
MacNeilage, Peter F. – 1973
This paper examines the validity of the concept of linguistic units in a theory of speech production. Substantiating data are drawn from the study of the speech production process itself. Secondarily, an attempt is made to reconcile the postulation of linguistic units in speech production theory with their apparent absence in the speech signal.…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Error Patterns
Zierer, Ernesto – Lenguaje y Ciencias, 1972
This document describes a format for analyzing the information content of sentences and the language patterns that accompany particular information content. The author writes in terms of information structures, each information structure having a corresponding linguistic structure composed of distinctive features. The information structure of a…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Context Clues, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language)
Derbyshire, Desmond C., Ed. – 1985
Preliminary versions of the papers from the 1985 Summer Institute of Linguistics presented at the University of North Dakota session include: "Referential Distance and Discourse Structure in Yagua" (Thomas E. Payne); "A Note on Ergativity, S', and S'' in Karitiana" (Daniel Everett); "Some Aspects of Zapotecan Clausal…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, African Languages, American Indian Languages, Discourse Analysis
Zierer, Ernesto – Lenguaje y Ciencias, 1971
This paper considers Spanish adjectives and the possibility of converting some adjectives into adverbs, keeping the same general significance of a sentence. The conversion of an adjective into an adverb under these circumstances can be accomplished through a transformation which can be applied to a particular logical-semantic structure. The author…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics
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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