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Direct linkDanielle Burgess – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The tendency for negation to appear early in the sentence, dubbed the "Neg-First principle" by Horn (1989:452), has been observed in the domains of typology, language contact, and language acquisition. Based on evidence from these fields, scholars have speculated about the source and universality of Neg-First biases affecting language…
Descriptors: Language Classification, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Morphemes
Peer reviewedCadenhead, Kenneth – Language Arts, 1976
Describes a technique for getting students acquainted which involves having them coin words based on each other's first names. (DD)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Ability, Language Arts, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedRosemont, Henry, Jr. – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Discusses and defends the innateness hypothesis - that a component of the human mind is a species-specific language learning mechanism--and discusses some implications of that hypothesis. (RM)
Descriptors: Creative Development, Creativity, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Download full textPike, Kenneth L.; And Others – 1964
In one essay of this collection of four, Kenneth L. Pike explores the value of exercises which are based on axioms about language structure and which are designed specifically to develop writing competence; he lists eight tagmemic principles accompanied by suggested exercises. In another essay, Pike differentiates the roles of linguist and…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Creative Thinking, Discourse Analysis, English Instruction
Berman, Ruth Aronson – Interlanguage Studies Bulletin-Utrecht, 1978
Contrastive analysis is suggested as a tool in language teaching for such areas as: (1) deciding how much to focus on different aspects of the target language; (2) making generalizations about its structure; and (3) explaining texts or constructions which might otherwise be incomprehensible. The claim is made that such procedures need to be based…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Hebrew, Higher Education
Allen, Virginia G. – 1974
FLES programs are generally viewed from the vertical dimension, as the beginning classes in a continuing language program. This paper treats the horizontal dimension, the interrelationship of the foreign language program with other curricula such as literature, history, and language arts. Three current trends in language arts have implications for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, FLES
Valdman, Albert – 1975
Errors in second language learning are viewed as evidence of the learner's hypotheses and strategies about the new data. Error observation and analysis are important to the formulation of theories about language learning and the preparation of teaching materials. Learning a second language proceeds by a series of approximative reorganizations…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language), Higher Education
