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Order and Constituency in Mandarin Chinese, by Yen-Hui Audrey Li.
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Ernst, Thomas – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1991
Reviews a wide-ranging formal analysis of Chinese syntax that explores the role of case theory in the phrase structure of Chinese. (15 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Research
Differential Effects of Syntactic Variation in an Experimental Situation
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Durbin, Marshall; Micklin, Michael – Linguistics, 1973
Research supported by a Faculty Research Grant from the Social Science Research Council. (DD)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Experiments, Phrase Structure, Semantics
An Approach to Syntactic Recognition without Phonemics
Lea, Wayne A. – IEEE Transactions on Audio and Electroacoustics, 1973
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Computers, Diagrams, Distinctive Features (Language)
A Re-Examination of "Normal Stress."
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Schmerling, Susan F. – Language, 1974
Paper presented at the 1972 Summer Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Chapel Hill, N.C. (DD)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Intonation, Linguistic Theory, Phonology
A Note on Order
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Huddleston, Rodney – Journal of Linguistics, 1973
Discusses formalized systems for representing grammatical structure. (DD)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Generative Grammar, Morphology (Languages), Morphophonemics
Use of Syntactic Segmentation and Stressed Syllable Location in Phonemic Recognition.
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Lea, Wayne A.; And Others – 1972
Automatic speech recognition is expected to be more successful when syntactically-related information is incorporated into early stages of recognition. Phonemic decisions, in particular, are expected to be more accurate and less ambiguous when contextual information is considered. A computer program detected about 90% of all boundaries between…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Computers, Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language)
Sobre la convertibilidad de ciertos adjectivos en adverbios en el idioma espanol (Concerning the Convertibility of Some Spanish Adjectives into Adverbs).
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Zierer, Ernesto – Lenguaje y Ciencias, 1971
This paper considers Spanish adjectives and the possibility of converting some adjectives into adverbs, keeping the same general significance of a sentence. The conversion of an adjective into an adverb under these circumstances can be accomplished through a transformation which can be applied to a particular logical-semantic structure. The author…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics
Stanford Occasional Papers in Linguistics, No. 3. Papers from the Annual California Linguistics Conference (3rd, May 5-6, 1973).
Gee, James Paul, Ed.; And Others – 1973
This volume includes 12 of the 24 papers presented at the Third Annual California Linguistics Conference. Selections are drawn from each of the four sessions, covering semantic and lexical structure, phonology, syntax, and language in context. Each of the papers includes a bibliography, as well as diagrams, charts, and appendixes when necessary.…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Distinctive Features (Language), Dutch, German
The Comprehension and Production of the Anaphoric Pronouns "He, She, Him, Her" in Normal and Linguistically Deviant Children. Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, No. 4.
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Webster, Brendan O'Connor; Ingram, David – 1972
Research was conducted to study systematically the comprehension and production of the pronouns "he, she, him, her" in the language of normal and linguistically deviant children. The purposes of the study were to: observe the manner in which normal children comprehend and produce these four pronouns, in terms of both their use and their…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Delayed Speech, Distinctive Features (Language)
French String Grammar. Final Report.
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New York Univ., NY. Linguistic String Project. – 1970
This work reports on an initial study of the possibility of providing a suitable framework for the teaching of a foreign language grammar through string analysis, using French as the target language. Analysis of a string word list (word-class sequences) yields an overall view of the grammar. Details are furnished in a set of restrictions which…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Distinctive Features (Language), English, French