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Larnyo, Phillips Kofi Atsu; Glover-Meni, Nathaniel – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
This paper seeks to outline and describe the features of Ewe causative verbs and how they encode causative events. It explores the sub-lexical analysis of verbs' meanings since they form the basis of the classification of causal relations that allow us to explore the different imports between (sub-)events and how these events are structured, and…
Descriptors: Verbs, African Languages, Classification, Attribution Theory
Goldberg, Adele E.; Michaelis, Laura A. – Cognitive Science, 2017
"One" anaphora (e.g., "this is a good one") has been used as a key diagnostic in syntactic analyses of the English noun phrase, and "'one'-replacement" has also figured prominently in debates about the learnability of language. However, much of this work has been based on faulty premises, as a few perceptive…
Descriptors: Syntax, English, Nouns, Phrase Structure
Hyunah Baek – ProQuest LLC, 2020
To avoid potential miscommunication resulting from structural ambiguity, speakers and listeners often rely on differences in prosodic realization. For instance, the sentence "Jennifer blackmailed the boss of the clerk [who was dishonest"][subscript RC'] is realized with different prosody depending on the attachment of the relative clause…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Korean, Language Classification
Didirková, Ivana; Crible, Ludivine; Simon, Anne Catherine – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
We report on three experiments that aim at measuring the role of prosody in the acceptability and interpretation of discourse relations between utterances connected by two French discourse markers, viz. "et" "and" and "alors" "then/well." These two discourse markers are highly polyfunctional: "et"…
Descriptors: French, Oral Language, Discourse Analysis, Intonation
Geçkin, Vasfiye – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2022
Variability in the form of article (i.e., a and the) omissions and stressing has been attributed to a mismatch between first (L1) and second language (L2) prosodic and syntactic structures. An overlap between the L1 and L2 systems, on the other hand, is expected to contribute to native-like article productions. This case study aims to explore the…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Form Classes (Languages), Syntax
Crosthwaite, Peter Robert; Raquel, Michelle – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2019
This study determines the fine-grained bottom-up linguistic features involved in successful second language (L2) English academic group oral tutorial discussion through the use of a spoken learner corpus composed of more than 20 hrs of L2 production. Student performances were graded by teacher-raters using a can-do rating scale, which assessed…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Error Patterns

Wilbur, Ronnie – Sign Language Studies, 1994
Attempts to formulate an appropriate linguistic generalization for the occurrence of inhibited periodic eyeblinking by fluent American Sign Language (ASL) signers. It is shown that signers' eyeblinks are sensitive to syntactic structure, from which intonational phrases may be derived. (19 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Eye Movements, Intonation, Language Research
Coyaud, Maurice – Linguistique, 1975
This article discusses the various types of expression of emphasis used for nominals in a variety of languages: raising or alteration of the voice, word order, use of a morpheme for an emphatic function, and nominalization of a part of the sentence not being emphasized. (Text is in French.) (CLK)
Descriptors: Intonation, Language Patterns, Language Research, Language Usage
Gros, Nocole; Portine, Henri – Francais dans le Monde, 1976
Underlines the importance of semantic, situational, and phonological factors such as intonation in the teaching of French as a second language. (Text is in French.) (CLK)
Descriptors: French, Intonation, Language Instruction, Language Usage

Yoshida, Kensaku – 1977
Although intonation has been said to be one of the first meaningful units of language that a child acquires, it is difficult to say just what this really means. How does the child learn to distinguish the various grammatical meanings that an intonation can have? It was hypothesized that the child first acquires question and request forms on the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Grammar, Intonation, Japanese
George, H. V. – RELC Journal, 1975
This article looks at question forms in everyday language usage from a functional point of view. Question forms are used more often in classrooms than in other situations. The advantages and disadvantages of exploiting question forms in the language classroom are examined. (CLK)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conversational Language Courses, Curriculum Guides, Intonation
Bolinger, Dwight L. – 1961
Three examples are given of cases where differences between Spanish and English syntax and intonation patterns are taught best through direct translation. Grammatical difficulties caused by "gustar" are overcome through the use of translation using "appeal" rather than "please". Similarly, problems for native speakers of English arising with…
Descriptors: Intonation, Language Instruction, Language Usage, Romance Languages
Christian, Jane – 1971
This paper compares respect forms used in Bhojpuri, standard Hindi, and suddh Hindi. The role and use of each dialect are described, and a comparison of respect forms used in each is presented, considering phonemic, grammatical, syntactical, suprasegmental, paralinguistic, and kinesic features. The differences noted appear in a continuum among the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics
Rivero, Maria-Luisa – 1976
The properties of one of the structures of politeness in the romance languages, the deference system connected with the use of conditional tenses, are analyzed in this paper. Although only Spanish examples are given, the conclusions also apply to French, Italian and Roumanian. The first part of the paper analyzes politeness in relation to its…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), French, Grammar, Intonation
Tedeschi, Philip J. – 1975
Thirty informants were presented with sets of clauses punctuated as in the pattern "S1. If S2. S3" and asked which clause, S1 or S3, the "if" clause modified. Independently, several linguists judged the sentences "S1, if S2" and "S2, if S3" acceptable. Missing intonational clues or improper punctuation,…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Expressive Language
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