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Lozano, Anthony G. – Hispania, 1975
Contradicts the single subjunctive theory of Dwight Bolinger and supports Samuel Gili Y Gaya in recognizing the subjunctive as more than one syntactic phenomenon. (CK)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Linguistic Theory, Spanish
DeArmond, Richard C. – 1978
The aim of this paper is to determine whether the first predicate noun (NP) after the verb in sentences such as "Kelly gave Rose a piano" is the direct object or the indirect object in the surface structure of English. An analysis reveals that the direct object in English is not marked by its position immediately after a (transitive)…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Descriptive Linguistics, English, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)

Roldan, Mercedes – Language Sciences, 1972
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Descriptive Linguistics, Pronouns, Semantics
Droescher, W. O. – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1974
Describes the surface structure of German adverbs proceeding from the standpoint of dependence-valence grammar. On the basis of their meaning, adverbs are classified as modal, temporal and locational. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Descriptive Linguistics, German, Grammar

Prado, Marcial – Hispania, 1975
A discussion of the derivation of the reflexive "se" in Spanish yields the generalization that the reflexive pronouns are always generated by the same reflexive rule. (CK)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Pronouns
Stevick, Earl W. – 1968
The morphotonemics of Ganda have been particularly troublesome to linguists trying to describe the tonal structure of Bantu languages. Ganda has three surface tones, and changes in the surface tones parallel changes in grammatical function only part of the time. The author has found that a description of Ganda tones becomes manageable if instead…
Descriptors: Bantu Languages, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Ganda

Erickson, Jon L. – Journal of Linguistics, 1973
According to Cowan, an underground rule is one that affects underlying but not surface structure of the item responsible for a phonological change. (DD)
Descriptors: Consonants, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics

Frantz, Donald G. – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1972
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Intonation, Language Patterns

Milner, Jean-Claude – Langue Francaise, 1979
Examines the relationship of "ne" and its accompanying particles ("pas,""plus,""jamais,""personne," etc.) in the French negation system, with special reference to subject opacity. (AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, French, Grammar, Negative Forms (Language)

Gladkuj, A. V.; Mel'cuk, I. A. – Linguistics, 1975
Discusses two causes of what is considered here the inadequacy of generative grammars. (RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Generative Grammar, Linguistic Theory

Chan, Stephen W. – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1974
Examines several subtypes of the verbal sequency NP-VP1-VP2 in Chinese, especially those involving descriptions of human action, directed motion, and instrumental functions, and finds that these could be subsumed under the heading of "purposive clauses." The VP1 states an action whose goal is fulfilled by the action performed in VP2. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Chinese, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Generative Grammar
Nakada, Seiichi – Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1976
This paper formulates a semantic distinction between predicates in Japanese which take indirect questions and those which cannot, and advances a hypothesis that the former crucially involve in their semantics the absence, acquisition, presence, and loss of information relevant in certain ways. (Author)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Japanese, Linguistic Theory
Garnes, Sara – Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, 1973
Research supported by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Ohio State University. (DD)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Charts, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics

Brasington, R. W. P. – Journal of Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages)

Hudson, R. A. – Journal of Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Intonation, Language Classification