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Download full textHayes, Curtis W. – English Journal, 1967
The value of a transformational model of syntax can be illustrated by comparing the taxonomic grammatical description of a complex sentence to a transformation-oriented description of the same sentence. The taxonomic approach, an immediate constituent analysis, requires 10 steps to break the sample sentence into its grammatical components; the…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Kernel Sentences, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics
Peer reviewedGarcia, Ricardo L. – English Journal, 1974
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Dialect Studies, Language Patterns
Isaacs, Sallie – English Journal, 1968
Linguistic criticism not only shows students the usefulness of grammar but also improves their comprehension of literature. For instance, a study of stress, pitch, and juncture in E. E. Cummings'"anyone lived in a pretty how town" adds meaning to the poem. Also helpful is an analysis of Cummings' tagmemic method of substitution slot-filling--use…
Descriptors: Grammar, Intonation, Language, Language Patterns
