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Goldberg, Genevieve – Linguistique, 1976
Criticizes traditional methods of defining the syntactical complexity of utterances and proposes distinguishing the various types of subordination in the sentence as well as elements of continuity and discontinuity in discourse structure, with particular reference to child language. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition
Caldwell, Jay S.; And Others – 1969
This research was conducted as a test of the assertion that the term "white" has consistently positive connotations in our society, and that "black" always has negative connotations. The responses of two groups of ninth graders to adjectives were studied in a correlational design by means of an informally derived Semantic Differential Scale.…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Attitudes, Connected Discourse, Negative Attitudes
Pelfrene, Arnaud – Revue de Phonetique Appliquee, 1977
A study of some reformulations in linguistic theory which have been brought about by a shift from generative to casual grammar. An attempt is made to integrate these transformations into one of the current sociolinguistic currents: the elaboration of a theory of speech production. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Deep Structure, Discourse Analysis, Grammar
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Pak, Ty – Lingua, 1971
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Theory
Ross, Robert N. – 1975
This paper discusses one way of exploring how we perceive and understand the connections between some parts of texts, or between one sentence and the whole discourse. Understanding ellipsis involves non-syntactic understanding; the semantic structure is responsible for our understanding of elliptical sentences and encoding the knowledge contained…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Deep Structure, Discourse Analysis, Grammar
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Moe, Alden J. – 1978
Comprehension is a process that occurs within the reader and is at least partially dependent on cohesion and coherence. The concept of cohesion is used to show how sentences which are structurally independent of one another may be linked together. Cohesion exists within a text and is not the same as coherence, which is something the reader…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Connected Discourse
Enkvist, Nils Erik; Kohonen, Viljo – 1976
This volume contains papers presented in connection with a symposium held in 1975 and sponsored by Abo Akademi, for the purpose of discussing ongoing research in word-order studies. Papers include: (1) a prolegomena by N.E. Enkvist; (2) "On the Ordering of Sister Constituents in Swedish," by E. Andersson; (3) "What is New…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Conferences, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis
Crothers, Edward J. – 1971
This report presents a summary of the research designed to develop a psycholinguistics of comprehension and memory for meaningful written prose paragraphs. The approach departs from most previous ones by seeking to formulate an explicit theory, instead of relying on informal qualitative judgments as to paragraph structure, the scoring of data, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Connected Discourse, Deep Structure
Golub, Lester; And Others – 1971
The procedures used to develop a list of concepts taught in fourth-grade language arts are described. Thirty concepts from the list were randomly sampled and then analyzed. Analysis consisted of listing examples and non-examples, relevant and irrelevant attributes, subordinates and supraordinates, and a definition and principle for each concept.…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education