English titles of medical research articles (RAs) are of great importance, the quality of which can, to a certain degree, affect impact factors of the articles, because many readers will make a decision as to whether to read on after reading titles. However, the special genre has not been extensively studied to date. This paper is designed to…

This article presents three studies that investigate when syntactic constraints become available during the processing of long-distance backwards pronominal dependencies ("backwards anaphora" or "cataphora"). Earlier work demonstrated that in such structures the parser initiates an active search for an antecedent for a pronoun, leading to gender…

Fluent and nonfluent types of aphasia in adults and children are noted. The value of assessing psycholinguistic differences (e.g., syntactic skills and ability to produce connected discourse) is examined. Treatment implications for enhancing residual linguistic skills are addressed. (CL)

Researchers have claimed that recasts might be ambiguous as feedback. Because recasts serve a dual function, as both feedback and conversational response, learners might not always interpret them as feedback (e.g., Lyster & Ranta, 1997). This study explores how learners interpret recasts they notice (as responses to content, negative evidence,…

THE PAPER ANALYZES, FROM THE GENERAL POINT OF VIEW OF TRANSFORMATIONAL THEORY, THE GRAMMAR OF INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES IN AMERICAN ENGLISH AND MANDARIN CHINESE. SEVERAL TYPES OF QUESTIONS ARE RECOGNIZED IN EACH. BOTH LANGUAGES HAVE INTERROGATIVE-WORD QUESTIONS, DISJUNCTIVE QUESTIONS, TAG QUESTIONS, AND NEGATIVE QUESTIONS. "YES-NO"…

THIS PAPER DISCUSSES THE HINDI LANGUAGE SYNTAX OF PERFECTIVE PARTICIPIAL FORMS AS ADJECTIVES AND AS PARTICIPLES OF SEVERAL VARIETIES. THE FIRST PART OF THE REPORT DISTINGUISHES AND DESCRIBES EIGHT KINDS OF PARTICIPIAL USAGE AND SUGGESTS MORE GENERAL RULES FOR ANALYZING THESE USES. THE SECOND PART OFFERS A GENERATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE SAME DATA.…

Discusses the use of the preposition "a" by examining why a few verbs in Spanish seem to occur with an obligatory marker and what relationship exists between this use of the preposition "a" and the more common occurrence of "a" with animate, definite direct objects. (SED)

Presents an analysis of the modal verbs in English and Moroccan Arabic that works equally well for both languages and is simple enough to be of use to the classroom teacher. (EKN)

THE FIRST PART OF THIS TWO-PART ANALYSIS DESCRIBES MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SERBOCROATIAN NOUNS ONLY. THERE IS A SHORT DISCUSSION OF THE SOURCES AND DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN ESTABLISHING WHAT IS THE STANDARD SPEECH FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANALYSIS. NOUNS ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE DECLENSIONAL CLASSES, ACCORDING TO ENDING OF THE GENITIVE…

The purpose of this experiment was to determine if subjects who were unaware that a phrase has been deleted from a sentence could match the deleted phrase in both semantic content and syntactic position. Subjects were required to complete one of two blanks in a sentence with a prepositional phrase. Instructions stressed that these completions…

Introduces the transitivity model of textual analysis, assesses its application to news reports, and discusses the critical linguistic background in which it has proved popular. (JK)

Claims that mere frequency of presentation is not enough for efficient vocabulary learning to take place. Each item should be presented in a wide range of syntactic contexts. It should also be noted that even apparent synonyms may not be substituted one for the other in any sentence-frame. (AMH)

Examines the Spanish imperative paradigm and Ramsey's notion that all forms of Spanish imperatives are substituted by subjunctives in the first and third person. The concept of deontic modality in demonstrating the relationships among imperative and imperativelike patterns that carry the meaning of obligation, permission, and prohibition is also…