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Huisman, Ronald D. – Linguistics, 1973
Paper written at a field workshop conducted by Joseph E. Grimes; research conducted under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, July 1968-January 1971, and partially supported by the National Science Foundation. (DD)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Usage
Ogden, Richard – York Papers in Linguistics, 1996
A study describing Finnish phonetics and analyzing prosodic properties is reported. Subjects were two female 17-year-olds, speakers of standard Finnish and well acquainted with each other. Data were drawn from two sources: a conversation between the two, in which one described a picture so the other could draw it, and one a set of stories narrated…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Descriptive Linguistics, Finnish, Foreign Countries
Unseth, Pete – 1986
Based on previous research showing five examples of verb reduplication in Majang, a member of the Nilo-Saharan language family, this paper presents more specific examples of verb reduplication, its different uses, and the phonological rules governing it. Examples of possibly reduplicated forms from other parts of speech are also given, and data…
Descriptors: African Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Bodomo, Adams B.; van Oostendorp, Marc – 1994
This paper examines nominalization and serial verb construction (SVC) in Dagaare, a West African language. It discusses nominalization theory and its relation to Germanic languages such as English, German, and Dutch, using insights gained from the study of these languages to help illuminate nominalization in Dagaare and other similar West African…
Descriptors: African Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Nguyen, Dinh-Hoa – 1997
A descriptive introduction to the Vietnamese language is presented. An introductory chapter gives an overview of the population using Vietnamese, its affiliation with Chinese and other languages, dialects, role in religion, history, writing systems, syllabic structure, and body language. Chapter 2 describes its sound system, syllable boundaries,…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Patterns, Morphology (Languages)
Fukuda, Takashi – Studies in Philippine Linguistics, 1997
The study presents a grammar of Eastern Bontoc, an Austronesian language of the northern Philippines that includes five village dialects and has about 8,000 speakers. Data are from transcribed recordings of primarily one dialect, gathered in 1977-80. The discourse-oriented grammar is outlined in six chapters: an introduction to the language, its…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Alam, Samsul – 1998
This report discusses the stress patterns of Bengali as spoken in Bangladesh. One of the findings indicate that every word has stress in the first syllable, with additional stress in the first syllable of the first word of the phrase. The Bengali language does not have penultimate and antepenultimate stress. Because there is no rule for changing…
Descriptors: Bengali, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
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Krauss, Michael E.; Leer, Jeff – 1981
A historical-comparative study of the sonorant system of Athabaskan, Eyak, and Tlingit, American Indian languages of Alaska, is presented. In this study, sonorants are considered as a class rather than as a constituent of the general consonant group. An opening section looks at the development of the generally recognized Proto-Athabaskan (PA)…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, Athapascan Languages, Consonants
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van Hout, Roeland; Muysken, Pieter – Language Variation and Change, 1994
Develops analytical techniques to determine "borrowability," the ease with which a lexical item or category of lexical items can be borrowed by one language from another. These techniques are then applied to Spanish borrowings in Bolivian Quechua on the basis of a set of bilingual texts. (29 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Databases, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
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McMahon, April M. S. – Journal of Linguistics, 1991
Shows that the Scottish Vowel Length Rule supports Kiparsky's (1988) association of diffusing sound changes with lexical, and neogrammarian changes with postlexical rules, and to some extent, is a clearer illustration of Harris' (1989a: 55) notion of a phonological "life cycle" of changes and rules. (50 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, Diffusion (Communication)
Le Page, R. B. – 1988
A discussion on the nature of language argues the following: (1) the concept of a closed and finite rule system is inadequate for the description of natural languages; (2) as a consequence, the writing of variable rules to modify such rule systems so as to accommodate the properties of natural language is inappropriate; (3) the concept of such…
Descriptors: Creoles, Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, French
Fromkin, Victoria A. – 1974
This paper examines the problem of whether tonal representation should be considered segmental or suprasegmental. Woo's hypothesis that tone features are to be specified segmentally is discussed as well as Leben's statement that in some languages tone is suprasegmental. The following are criteria suggested as a basis for tonal representation:…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), Intonation, Language Patterns
Bergsland, Knut – 1997
The aim of this grammar is to analyze in some detail the mechanisms of the Aleut language as represented by older speakers and by earlier sources, and is intended for both students of Aleut and linguists in general. An introductory chapter gives background on the language's history, linguistic documentation, Aleut dialects, and outside influences.…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects
Blake, Barry J. – 1994
The discussion of case in grammar focuses on the ways relationships between words in sentences are marked. It describes the familiar systems of suffixes, from languages like Latin, and also the roles of prepositions, postpositions, and the use of the pronominal elements on verbs. One feature of case, the recurrence of apparently idiosyncratic…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Case (Grammar), Descriptive Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Allan, Edward Jay – 1973
A detailed grammar of Buem, one of the Togo-Remnant Languages spoken in Ghana's Volta region, describes the major structures and many minor structures occurring in informal and semi-formal speech. The phonetics and much of the phonology are described in taxonomic terms, and the vowel harmony system, syntax, and morphology are described in a…
Descriptors: African Languages, Descriptive Linguistics, Developing Nations, Dialects
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