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A Grammar of Sierra Popoluca (Soteapanec, a Mixe-Zoquean Language)
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de Jong Boudreault, Lynda J. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Sierra Popoluca (SP, aka Soteapanec), a Mixe-Zoquean language spoken by approximately 28,000 people in Veracruz, Mexico. This grammar begins with an introduction to the language, its language family, a typological overview of the language, a brief history of my fieldwork, and the…
Descriptors: Phonology, Verbs, Nouns, Syntax
On the Typological Economy of Syntactic Transfer: Word Order and Relative Clause High/Low Attachment Preference in L3 Brazilian Portuguese
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Rothman, Jason – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2010
One central question in the formal linguistic study of adult multilingual morphosyntax (i.e., L3/Ln acquisition) involves determining the role(s) the L1 and/or the L2 play(s) at the L3 initial state (e.g., Bardel & Falk, Second Language Research 23: 459-484, 2007; Falk & Bardel, Second Language Research: forthcoming; Flynn et al., The…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Language Research, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism
Subject and Word Order in Wappo
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Li, Charles N.; And Others – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1977
A brief typological sketch of Wappo syntax is presented as well as a detailed presentation of one particular typological characteristic, "subjecthood." An explanation for the unusual surface coding of subjects in Wappo is given. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Language Classification, Language Patterns, Language Typology
University of Essex Language Centre Occasional Papers No. 20.
Univ. of Essex Language Centre Occasional Papers, 1978
This issue is devoted to language universals and consists of 4 papers. "Zulu Nominal Modification - An Outline," by A. Johnston, discusses modifiers in Zulu and their relation to nominals. "Shape Classifiers and Natural Categories," by S.G. Pulman, discusses the role of the dimension of "shape" in language…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Case (Grammar), Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar
Word Order Typology, Lexical Government, and the Prediction of Multiple, Graded Effects in L2 Word Order.
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Zobl, Helmut – Language Learning, 1986
A review of research about second language learning indicates that nonprimary acquisition is sensitive to the center-periphery distinction. There is clear evidence that this construct has reflexes in interlanguage word order with respect to the probability of native word order influence, difficulty, and order of emergence. (CB)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Correlation, Discourse Analysis, Interference (Language)