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Sato, Hiroko – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation is a descriptive grammar of Kove, an Austronesian language spoken in the West New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea. Kove is primarily spoken in 18 villages, including some on the small islands north of New Britain. There are about 9,000 people living in the area, but many are not fluent speakers of Kove. The dissertation…
Descriptors: Malayo Polynesian Languages, Grammar, Foreign Countries, Phonology
Zawiszewski, Adam; Gutierrez, Eva; Fernandez, Beatriz; Laka, Itziar – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2011
In this study, we explore native and non-native syntactic processing, paying special attention to the language distance factor. To this end, we compared how native speakers of Basque and highly proficient non-native speakers of Basque who are native speakers of Spanish process certain core aspects of Basque syntax. Our results suggest that…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Language Processing, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning

Hale, Austin – 1973
This volume, the last in a series of four, contains word lists for the following languages: Nepali, Gurung, Tamang, Thakali, Magar, Kham, Kaike, Jirel, Sherpa, Sunwar, Khaling, Newari, and Chepang. English and Nepali are included and serve as glosses for the word lists. For other volumes in the series, see FL 004 895, FL 004 896, and FL 004 897.…
Descriptors: English, Function Words, Language Classification, Nepali
Ibarretxe, Iraide – International Journal of English Studies, 2003
Slobin (1991, 1996a,b, 1997) has argued that the typological differences between languages with either a satellite-framed or a verb-framed lexicalisation pattern (Talmy, 2000) have important discourse and rhetorical consequences for the expression of "paths of movement" and "manner of movement". These differences are especially…
Descriptors: Translation, Contrastive Linguistics, Spanish, English

Santorini, Beatrice – Language Variation and Change, 1993
Examines the rate of phrase structure change in Yiddish, using quantitative methods to estimate the rate of change of structurally ambiguous verb clauses. Four subcases of phrase structure change are distinguished, three of which provide strong evidence for the Constant Rate Hypothesis of linguistic change. (MDM)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Language Classification, Language Research, Language Variation

Nedjalkov, Igor – Language Sciences, 1998
Gives an account of converb (adverbial participle or gerund) systems in eight languages from Paleoasiatic and Altaic families spoken in northeastern Siberia. The rich converbal system is not the only relevant and peculiar feature common to the languages, but it is not common in other languages. The characteristics of converbs are described, and…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages), Language Classification
Lee, In, Ed.; Schiefelbein, Scott, Ed. – Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1990
This serial is intended as a forum for the presentation, in print, of the latest original research by the faculty and students of the Department of Linguistics and other related departments at the University of Kansas. Papers are as follows: "Interpreting St. Clair's Comanche Texts: Objective Case Marking and 'Same Subject' Dependent…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Case (Grammar), Elementary Secondary Education
Dooley, Robert A., Ed.; Quakenbush, J. Stephen, Ed. – 1991
The working papers by students and professors of linguistics on research in progress include the following: "Are Cariban Languages Moving Away From or Towards Ergative Systems?" (Desmond D. Derbyshire); "A Double-Verb Construction in Mbya Guarani" (Robert A. Dooley); "Semantically Ergative Languages in Typological…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Determiners (Languages), Foreign Countries, Grammar
Kemmer, Suzanne – 1986
An analysis of the evolution of reflexive verbs focuses on reflexive to middle voice development in two-form middle systems, which include Russian, Old Norse, Turkish, and Hungarian. The diachronic processes associated with these systems are examined. The changes in the languages over time represent a gradual change in the semantics of the…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Stark, Thomas C. Smith; Garcia, Fermin Tapia – 1986
An analysis of Amuzgo, a language within the Otomanguean family of Mexico, suggests that it is an active-static language with patterns similar but not parallel to those of Chocho. In the report, data on the characteristics of Chocho are summarized, theory and research on active-static languages is reviewed, and the data on Amuzgo are presented.…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Articulation (Speech), Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics
Welmers, William E. – 1968
Wukari and Takum, two dialects of Jukun, are studied in this text, intended for both the trained linguist and the less trained student. The Jukun tribe is estimated to number 25,000 people living in the Benue River sections of Nigeria. Although the study is not intended to be comparative, some statements are included that indicate the patterned…
Descriptors: Adjectives, African Culture, African Languages, African Literature
Fisiak, Jacek, Ed. – Papers and Studies in Contrastive Linguistics, 1988
Ten articles are presented in this volume on contrastive linguistics. The articles and authors are as follows: "Contrastive Grammar: Theory and Practice" (F. Aarts and H. Wekker); "On the Semantic and Morphological Status of Reversative Verbs in English and German" (W.-P. Funk); "The Problem of Directionality in…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Annotated Bibliographies, Arabic, Arabs
Ho, Dah-an, Ed.; Tseng, Chiu-yu, Ed. – 1994
This publication of proceedings, most in English and some in Chinese, of a conference on Chinese languages and linguistics include the following papers: "On Rule Effect and Dialect Classification" (Chin-Chuan Cheng); "Cross-Linguistic Typological Variation, Grammatical Relations, and the Chinese Language" (Bernard Comrie);…
Descriptors: Affixes, Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics