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Hermanns, Fritz – Linguistics, 1973
Endorsement to adopt the language of the predicate calculus as a standard means of describing deep structures. Its adoption would facilitate the exchange of ideas between linguistics and logicians. (RS)
Descriptors: Artificial Languages, Deep Structure, Evaluation Criteria, Logic
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Krivonosov, A. T. – Linguistics, 1973
Translation of the original Russian article which appeared in Voprosy jazykoznanija'' 1, 1970. (DD)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Form Classes (Languages), German, Models
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Prideaux, Gary D. – Glossa, 1979
Proposes an alternative to transformational grammars, based on the notion that a grammatical system should be open to psycholinguistic interpretation, and disallowing grammatical transformations, dealing instead with the information content of sentence surface structure. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
Wardhaugh, Ronald – Florida F L Rep, 1969
The information processing model, as distinct from the information theoretic model, is useful in discussing language and reading. Linguists can aid in the teaching of reading by furnishing information on linguistic competence. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education. …
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Information Processing, Linguistic Theory, Models
Zatorski, R. J. – 1970
This paper cites the inadequacy of transformational generative grammar theories in their attempts to describe the meaning of a given sentence. The author sees the specification of meaning involving the recovery of the particular section or sections of the world model communicated or represented by the sentence. As a corollary, the author argues…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Graphemes
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Hall, Christopher J. – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1995
Argues that the nature of mental representation contributes little to the specification of synchronic syntactic competence. Psycholinguists, syntacticians, and morphologists can benefit from a collaborative approach to the construction of an integrative model of language and mind, covering competence, representation, processing, and acquisition.…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Cognitive Processes, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Research