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Cherubini, Nicoletta – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1988
A study examined lexical specificity, the occurrence of pragmatic information, and a syntactic aspect (presence or absence of inversion) of the acquisition of both indirect and direct wh-questions in children aged five through eight years. (MSE)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Language Acquisition, Patterned Responses
Huot, Helene – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1975
Discusses the inadequacy of structural exercises in first language instruction, and affirms the importance of oral communication in first language acquisition. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Pattern Drills (Language)
Le Goffic, Pierre – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1975
Examines the accomplishments and merits of structural exercises in relation to other methods of language teaching. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Instruction, Pattern Drills (Language), Second Language Learning
Hellmich, Harold – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1973
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Language Instruction
Brekle, Herbert Ernst – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1970
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Generative Grammar, Grammar, Language Instruction
Egli, Urs – Schulpraxis, 1969
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, German, Grammar, Language Instruction
Schnell, Urs – Schulpraxis, 1969
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, German, Grammar, Kernel Sentences
Davila, Sonia I. – 1983
This paper provides an overview of recent developments in the science of linguistics, and considers their relevance to the teaching of Spanish in Puerto Rico. First, three significant trends are explained and summarized: (1) structuralism, which emphasizes phonetics, pattern, and distribution, and rejects meaning as a tool of analysis; (2)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory, Native Language Instruction
Zimmerman, Howard Clinton – 1967
A study of the relative effectiveness of three approaches to teaching selected aspects of English grammar to 299 10th-grade students of average ability (17 class-size groups) was made in Lane County, Oregon. Five groups were taught using structural linguistics concepts; six groups employed traditional methods, materials, and approaches; and six…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English Instruction, Grammar, Secondary Education
Valdman, Albert – French Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Adjectives, Applied Linguistics, French, Language Instruction
Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1986
Linguistics is the study of human language, and has several major divisions: formal linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and applied linguistics. Formal linguistics is the study of grammar, or the development of theories about how language works and is organized. Within formal linguistics there are three major schools of thought:…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Definitions, Information Sources, Language Research
Metaphors for the Description of Acquisition Data: From Constituency "Trees" to Dependency "Frames."
Robinson, Peter J. – IRAL, 1990
Explains the differences between constituency and dependency theories for structural linguistics. Reasons are provided for why the former has been indirectly responsible for the neglect of lexical acquisition in language acquisition research and for proposing a notation based on dependency theory for describing learners' segmentation of initially…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Processing
ALLEN, HAROLD B. – 1963
THE DESCRIPTIVE SCIENCE OF LINGUISTICS AND THE SKILL OF WRITTEN COMPOSITION MEET IN THE "SENTENCE," AND THE INFORMATION WHICH LINGUISTICS PROVIDES ON SENTENCE STRUCTURE CAN AID THE TEACHER OF COMPOSITION. ALTHOUGH TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR DOES NOT IMPROVE A STUDENT'S WRITING, CONSTITUENT GRAMMAR AND TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR, BY PRESENTING METHODS OF…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Linguistics, Paragraph Composition, Punctuation
Harsh, Wayne – 1967
An introduction briefly reviews attitudes that critics have revealed toward the tools which linguistic study has provided for literary analysis. Then two of these linguistic tools--the analysis and description of sound and the awareness of the ways in which meaning is expressed by structure--are discussed and illustrated. "Fringe benefits" of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Dialects, English, Linguistics
Le Rouzo, Marie-Louise – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1975
Discusses first and second language acquisition in terms of behavior modification and structural exercises in terms of operant conditioning. The validity of the comparison is also discussed. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Child Language
