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Rodríguez-Puente, Paula – International Journal of English Studies, 2020
This paper traces the development of two roughly synonymous nominalizing suffixes during the Early Modern English period, the Romance "-ity" and the native "-ness." The aim is to assess whether these suffixes were favored in particular registers or followed similar paths of development, and to ascertain whether the ongoing…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Language Styles, English, Diachronic Linguistics
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Al Zumor, Abdulwahid Qasem – SAGE Open, 2021
Self-translation of academic texts has received little attention thus far in literature, particularly in terms of how cross-linguistic features are rendered into target language. This study undertakes to examine the various linguistic strategies of rendering English passive structures by Arab academics when they translate their research articles'…
Descriptors: Translation, Arabs, Verbs, Periodicals
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Volckaert-Legrier, Olga; Bernicot, Josie; Bert-Erboul, Alain – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2009
The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which the linguistic forms used by adolescents in electronic mail (e-mail) differ from those used in standard written language. The study was conducted in French, a language with a deep orthography that has strict, addressee-dependent rules for using second person personal pronouns (unfamiliar…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Form Classes (Languages), Written Language, Adolescents
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Danet, Brenda – Society, 1983
Discusses the "Plain English" movement in relation to legal and bureaucratic documents and, especially, courtroom proceedings. Points out ways that language can be manipulated in order to enhance the powerlessness of participants in court litigation. (GC)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Language Handicaps, Language Role, Language Styles
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Geller, Conrad – English Journal, 1974
English classes should develop the use of good English in student compositions, which should in turn influence student morality. (JH)
Descriptors: English, Language Standardization, Language Styles, Language Usage
Einhorn, Lois – Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1978
Tests seven stylistic features of formal, persuasive public speeches and published writings of major figures from the last fifty years in an effort to determine if oral language style differs significantly from written language style. (MH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Educational Research, Higher Education
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Hairston, Maxine – College English, 1981
Reports on a survey of how laypeople responded to errors in usage, their attitudes toward the acceptability of certain errors, and the values they placed on certain language styles. (RL)
Descriptors: Adults, Error Analysis (Language), Grammatical Acceptability, Language Attitudes
Belmore, Nancy Fargo – 1970
"Variety" is defined as a "unique configuration of linguistic features." These features characterize the language of conversation, unscripted commentary, religion, newspaper reporting, and legal documents. Everyone learns many varieties of at least one language. The ambiguity of usage labels like "slang" and "colloquial" indicates that we know…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Instructional Materials, Language Styles
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Mitchell, T. F. – Journal of Linguistics, 1978
Challenges the descriptive linguist to tackle the problem of Educated Spoken Arabic and its regional varieties, in particular in regard to aspect and the participle. (AM)
Descriptors: Arabic, Descriptive Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
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Akinnaso, F. Niyi – Language and Speech, 1985
Examines the nature of the convergent relationship between formal spoken and written discourse by focusing on three issues: (1) spoken vs. written modes; (2) formal vs. informal discourse; and (3) the relationship between oral ritual communication and written language and between ritual/written communication and everyday colloquial language. (SED)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Indigenous Populations, Language Research
Kochman, Thomas – Florida F L Rep, 1969
Increasing language skills in black children is not dependent on teaching them the ability to perform in standard dialect. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue, "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education. (FWB)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Cultural Differences, English Education
Green, Georgia M. – 1981
Inversion constructions (declarative sentence constructions in which the subject follows part or all of its verb phrase) are distributed over the whole range of spoken and written language, not along the spoken-written dimension but along a colloquial-literary dimension. Some of these inversions are colloquial or literary for functional reasons,…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Language Styles, Language Usage, Literary Styles
Allouche, Victor – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
An approach to writing instruction in a second language begins with a look at the different functions of oral and written language and proceeds to an analysis of stylistic differences. A number of examples are offered from French textbooks, letters, and excerpts from speech used on television. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, French, Language Role, Language Styles
Roberts, Ruth Semels – 1975
The main research hypothesis of this study stated that when the universal characteristics of language evaluation are applied to the written language of the students in four fifth grades of varying racial composition, no significant differences would be reported. Two instruments were used: a composition and a series of six paragraphs modified by a…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Language Styles
Smitherman, Geneva – 1969
Concern during the past decade with educational failures of urban Negro children suggested the need for empirical evidence demonstrating whether or not students use identical grammatical and stylistic structures in both speech and writing. Fourteen black, inner city junior high students, all of whom speak "black English," were interviewed for…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Education, Grammar, Junior High School Students
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