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Mattina, Anthony – 1973
This dissertation is a grammatical sketch of Colville, a Salishan language of eastern Washington. After an introductory chapter on language family, the phonology (consonants, stops, resonants, vowels) is outlined. The chapter on morphology discusses the basic intransitive nature of all roots and the production of transitive, middle, and…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language)

Hale, Austin; Watters, David – 1973
This volume, the second in a series of four on the languages of Nepal, contains the following papers: "Clause Patterns in Nepaili,""Clause Patterns in Tamang," and "A Survey of Clause Patterns." For other volumes in the series, see FL 004 896, FL 004 897, and FL 004 898. (DD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language)
Ferguson, Charles A. – 1971
This paper constitutes the fifth chapter of the forthcoming volume "Language in Ethiopia." In an effort to better define the particular linguistic area, the author analyzes phonological and grammatical features that languages in the area have in common. A number of features have been identified as characteristic of the area, and this…
Descriptors: Amharic, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language)
Starosta, Stanley – 1970
In line with current thinking in transformational grammar, syntax as a system can and should be studied before a study is made of the use of that system. Chomsky's lexical redundancy rule is an area for further study, possibly to come closer to defining and achieving explanatory adequacy. If it is observed that English nouns come in two types,…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Componential Analysis, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics
Crymes, Ruth – 1971
The transformational-generative concept of language learning as constructing a theory about language inspired this experiment. Language performance developed by a method of language learning designed to help the student study about a second language through manipulative exercises was compared to language performance developed by a method not…
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Educational Experiments, English (Second Language)
Lieberman, Philip – 1971
Human linguistic ability depends, in part, on the gradual evolution of man's supralaryngeal vocal tract. The anatomic basis of human speech production is the result of a long evolutionary process in which the Darwinian process of natural selection acted to retain mutations. For auditory perception, the listener operates in terms of the acoustic…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Anatomy, Articulation (Speech), Computational Linguistics
Leon, Pierre R., Ed.; And Others – 1970
The ten papers in this collection are based on presentations given during a colloquium held November 14-15, 1969, at the University of Toronto. The papers, written in either English or French, cover various topics related to prosodic feature analysis in general; several concern the analysis of specific languages. General topics include discussions…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Artificial Speech, Auditory Perception
Coppola, Carlo – 1972
Despite similarities between Hindi and Urdu and mutual intelligibility, at least on the spoken level, slight grammatical differences between the two languages do exist. The treatment of gender provides an example of such differences. Explanation of the actual differences in gender usage can be based on a synchronic, linguistic level as well as on…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences, Culture, Descriptive Linguistics

Bar-Adon, Aaron – 1971
The first waves of immigrants arriving in Palestine were faced with the problem of forming a new culture and creating a new language, actually, reviving Hebrew, an ancient language. The children were faced with creating their own traditions, games, and folklore; in so doing, through straight borrowing, spontaneous translation (loan translation),…
Descriptors: Arabic, Bilingualism, Child Language, Children
Sole, Yolanda Russinovich – 1976
The most basic and simplest act of communicative competence in Spanish involves the appropriate decoding and selection of the pronominal address forms "tu" and "Usted." Their selection and semantic value are not, however, determined by linguistic criteria alone. Since "tu/Ud." mark the relative status of each speaker in a given context, their…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, Cultural Influences, Grammar
Ryan, Ellen Bouchard – 1975
Metalinguistic knowledge, or linguistic awareness, involves the ability to focus attention upon the form of language in and of itself, rather than merely as the vehicle by which meaning is conveyed. This ability to analyze language structures lags behind spontaneous speaking and listening performance because of the additional cognitive skills…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages)

Brown, James W. – 1977
The purpose of this learning activity packet is to acquaint students of Spanish as a second language with letter-writing in Spanish. Upon completion of the packet, students should be able to: (1) identify some of the major differences in mailing customs between the U.S. and Hispanic countries, (2) read and write mailing and return adresses, (3)…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, College Language Programs, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Weiss, Melford S.; Weiss, Paula H. – 1975
The schooling/learning process is a two-way street -- that is, teachers as well as students can learn important lessons about class values and acculturation. This study focuses upon that process where by middle-class teachers are significantly influenced by their lower-class students. The results dramatize two important changes--the acceptance of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Problems, Change Agents, Class Attitudes

Ard, Josh; Gass, Susan M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Data from responses to a grammaticality judgement test by 26 learners of English as a second language at two proficiency levels were used to investigate syntactic acquisition. Four syntactic structures were examined. Results suggest that less proficient subjects use syntactic strategies, while more proficient learners use semantic-based…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammatical Acceptability, Higher Education, Interlanguage

Marlett, Stephen A., Ed. – 1997
The collection of seven working papers in linguistics includes: "Proceeding from Syllable Inventory to Phonemic Inventory in the Analysis of Liangshan Yi (Andy Eatough); "Empty Consonants in Root-Medial Position" (Stephen A. Marlett); "What Is Literature? A Definition Based on Prototypes" (Jim Meyer); "Seri…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Discourse Analysis, English, Interpersonal Communication