A playful discussion of the subordinate function of the relative pronoun. (RD)

Approximately 47,200 spontaneous utterances of four nonstuttering children were analyzed for the occurrence of developmental disfluency from the time of one word utterances through the emergence of beginning syntax. Variations were found among the children's profiles with systematic changes in disfluency at each succeeding mean length of utterance…

From a corpus of over 47,000 spontaneous utterances from four nonstuttering preschool children who were beginning to use syntax, 4,881 multiword, disfluent utterances were identified. Semantic-syntactic structures were identified among the disfluent multiword utterances, and differences in frequency of structures were examined. (Author)

Discusses study which looked at the variance from target language norms in second-language behavior which arises in semantic information in individual words. Results suggest that study of grammar as a knowledge of basic lexical classifications requires little attention because work class identifications learned in L1 are smoothly transferred to…

The author reviews research on the relevance of teaching grammar to improve composition skills and finds that research studies conducted over the past 75 years have indicated there is no correlation between ability in grammar and quality of composition. (KC)

The progressive in English is a grammatical form which is based on a distinction between stative and dynamic situations. It is used for actions and events that are regarded as incomplete or developing. Suggests this distinction should guide organization of the teaching of the progressive in the ESL classroom. (Author/BK)

Presents methods for teaching insults, abbreviations, and grammatical agreement of nouns and verbs in French to French language students. Suggests possible uses of catalogs and miscellaneous facts in teaching French. (BK)

Examines the German "werden-" passives and their English counterparts identifying four basic constraints on the inclusion of "being" in the English passive construction. Uses contrastive analysis to explain the ambiguity of the English past participle, and orders the constraints on the use of "being" sequentially…

Suggests the use of toys to help children learn to use prepositions. Also describes a group activity in which children work together to punctuate a piece of writing. (TJ)

As it has been lamented that there has been no explicit formulation of rules for students to follow regarding the Chinese particles "zhe,""ne," and "de," an attempt is made here to do so. (PJM)

The usefulness of the grammaticality task as a clinical tool with the language impaired child is discussed by presenting the task as a method of eliciting a language sample. Data are presented supporting the validity of the procedure. (Author/SBH)

Presents a functional description of punctuation as a delimiter of words, sentences, and paragraphs, and as a semantic and extralinguistic indicator. (AM)

Examines the socio-historical significance of the evolution of the role of derivational morphology in pedagogical grammar in the French primary grades. (AM)