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Download full textHinton, Lisa – 2003
This lesson is an exploration of figurative language using the novel "The Phantom Tollbooth" and various Web resources. Students examine figurative language in the story and create a chart representing the literal and figurative meanings of words and phrases. During the four to eight 40-minute class sessions, middle school students will: read the…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Figurative Language, Internet, Language Usage
Tiedt, Pamela; Semorile, Robin – Elementary English, 1973
Analyzes some common sex biases in everyday language and changes in the meanings of words over a period of time. (RB)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Descriptive Linguistics, Elementary Education, Language Usage
Rinsky, Lee Ann – Elementary English, 1973
Concludes that authorship in children's literature shows equality between the sexes with statistics showing that between 55 and 57 percent of the children's books are written by females. (RB)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Language Usage
McFetridge, Patricia A. – Elements: Translating Theory into Practice, 1974
Article considered recent research in language conducted by a teacher educator from St. Lucia, West Indies. Her specific focus was on the methods devised for collection and analysis of language samples. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Language Ability, Language Research, Language Usage
Gilbert, Pierre – Francais dans le Monde, 1973
Descriptors: French, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Usage
Peer reviewedSpann, Sylvia – English Journal, 1973
Discusses the idea of using graffiti as a technique for teaching a poetry course and improving classroom communication. (RB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Usage, Poetry, Secondary Education
Dominguez, Jose M. – Yelmo, 1973
Conclusion of a two-part article. (SK)
Descriptors: Cliches, Expressive Language, Grammar, Idioms
Prado, Eduardo – Yelmo, 1973
Descriptors: Diction, Language Usage, Phonetics, Phonology
Polo, Jose – Yelmo, 1973
Part 13 of a continuing series. (SK)
Descriptors: Etymology, Language Styles, Language Usage, Spanish
Kejvanova, Antonie – Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 1973
Descriptors: Adjectives, German, Grammar, Language Usage
Peer reviewedAitken, A. J. – Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik, 1973
Part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. Comments are based on the compiling of A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue''. Paper presented at the Table Ronde de Lexicographie Historique, Florence, Italy, May 4, 1971. (DD)
Descriptors: Definitions, Diachronic Linguistics, Dictionaries, Editing
Peer reviewedMarckwardt, Albert H. – Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik, 1973
Discusses the assignment of status lables (colloquial, illiterate, popular, slang) to indicate the degree of acceptability of a particular word. Article is part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. (DD)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Definitions, Dictionaries, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedScholler, Harald – Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik, 1973
Part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. (DD)
Descriptors: Definitions, German, Language Standardization, Language Usage
Peer reviewedVeith, Werner H. – Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik, 1973
Part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. (DD)
Descriptors: Charts, German, Graphs, Immigrants
Peer reviewedKuiper, K. – Glossa, 1973
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Definitions, English, Language Usage
