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Gordon, W. Terrence – Glossa, 1978
This article argues that morphosemantic sets are a consequence of general properties of language structure. Thus the sets serve as a framework for advancing the study of motivation as a functional feature of language use. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Lexicology, Linguistic Theory, Morphemes
Halliday, M. A. K. – Australian Journal of Reading, 1982
Calls for a functional, semantically-based grammar for teachers, but not for pupils, to replace the traditional formal grammar they currently rely on. (JL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Generative Grammar, Language Usage, Semantics
Chaika, Elaine Ostrach – 1972
Current linguistic theories, such as interpretive and generative semantics, are judged theoretically unsound and practically unsuitable for pedagogical purposes. Although the concept of case must be included in a grammar, current case theories are also rejected. The concept of case is redefined, as are the defining criteria for each case. A noun…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Instructional Improvement, Linguistic Theory, Nouns
Fauconnier, Gilles – Langages, 1973
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Kernel Sentences, Language, Logic
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Molina, Hubert – Hispania, 1970
Descriptors: English, Form Classes (Languages), Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Donelson, Ken, Ed. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1973
This issue of the "Arizona English Bulletin" contains 29 articles related to language teaching in high school English classes. Among the subjects covered are: grammar; signs, symbols, and metaphors; linguistic analysis in the teaching of composition; bilingualism; dialect study; semantics; generative rhetoric and the teaching of composition;…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialect Studies, English, Language Instruction