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Carden, Guy – Language in Society, 1976
The inadequacy of the use of the linguist's introspective judgments of meaning and grammaticality as a basis for language studies in syntax and semantics is described, as is the need for improved methods. The evaluation of alternative methodologies by replication experiments is explored. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Research Methodology
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Sankoff, Gillian; Cedergren, Henrietta – Language in Society, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, French, Grammar, Language Research
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Baars, Bernard J.; MacKay, Donald G. – Language in Society, 1978
Describes ongoing research into errors in spontaneous speech. (RM)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language), Language Research
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Ervin-Tripp, Susan – Language in Society, 1976
The variety of syntactic forms for expression of directives is commented on. Data has been collected investigating the empirical distribution of formal variants across social features and predictability of the form of a directive if social features of its context are known. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Language Classification, Language Research, Language Usage, Language Variation