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Download full textSajavaara, Kari; And Others – 1978
A study of the influence of English on modern Finnish was designed to determine how Anglicisms are used, how they are understood, and how they are adapted to the Finnish language system. Features of present-day Finnish were analyzed to discover to what extent the Finnish language and the Finns' sense of language are changing. Anglicisms were…
Descriptors: Comics (Publications), Cultural Influences, English (Second Language), Fiction
Kreidler, Charles W. – 1978
The reduction of existing lexical items to shorter forms has generally been discussed under the headings of "acronyms,""back-formations," and "clippings." Two kinds of acronym are found, the letter-naming type (e.g. FBI, YMCA) and the letter-sounding type (e.g. UNESCO, CARE). The latter type must be pronounceable within the phonotactic norms of…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, English, Generative Phonology, Language Patterns
Wispe, Lauren G. – 1977
This paper describes a study of the relationship between terminology in psychological studies and prevailing social conditions at the time of the studies. It is proposed that researchers reflect societal concerns by their choice of semantic markers (terminology). Over 3,000 psychological studies from 1900-72 were analyzed in terms of their…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Function Words, Language Patterns, Language Research
Stanley, Julia Penelope – 1977
Because of the built-in stereotyping and derogation of women that exists in the English language, the classroom teacher must face the task of finding practical answers to three popular attacks against research on sexism in English: language is a rather minor and irrelevant issue; there is no need to change language from the way it has always been;…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English, English Instruction, Females
Tabbert, Russell – 1978
The term "village English" has been used by a number of people to label the English used by Alaskan natives. The term appears in discussions of educational problems and often the phenomenon is cited as a significant reason for the lower than expected achievement of Alaskan school children. It is suggested that statements about…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Cultural Background, Dialects, English
Scarcella, Robin C. – 1979
This report shows that verbal routines are not easily acquired by adult second language learners and it identifies some of the specific problems they have in acquiring routines. Empirical data concerning the role of verbal routines, (that is, fixed expressions which have been acquired as memorized wholes), in adult second language performance are…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Idioms
Taschow, Horst G. – 1980
A total of 96 Canadian elementary school children (48 "natives" and 48 nonnatives) participated in a study to determine if there were differences in the reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills of native and nonnative children in the same grades in the same school. The subjects were tested for oral and silent reading skills,…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
PDF pending restorationDefense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1975
A supplementary reader and skits for a basic course in Persian are presented that are designed for use in the Defense Language Institute's intensive programs for native English language speakers. The collection of skits is written about everyday activities of the Persian people. The places and situations, as well as the language, have been chosen…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), Intensive Language Courses, Language Usage
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1967
A glossary and notes that accompany an advanced reading text for a basic course in Persian are presented. The course is an intensive program for native English speakers offered by the Defense Language Institute. Idiomatic phrases and sentence structures are explained and special grammar and cultural notes are included. A number of lexical items…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), Glossaries, Grammar
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1969
Seven articles by Mochtar Lubis, an Indonesian writer, are presented in this supplemental reader for the use of United States military personnel studying Bahasa Indonesian. Lubis reveals his impressions of major United States cities and their people. The text, used with Volumes XIV and XV of the Basic Course for four weeks of the advanced phase,…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Idioms, Independent Reading, Indonesian
Alexander, Richard – 1979
This theoretical study of second language learning is divided into eight sections: (1) "Elements of a Theory of Second Language Learning," (2) "Second Language Learning in the Light of Neurophysiological Findings," (3) "Cognitive Strategies in the Second Language Learning Process," (4) "On Accounting for the Role Played by Affective Factors in…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences
KITZHABER, ALBERT R.
THIS LANGUAGE UNIT ON USAGE FOR 12TH-GRADE STUDENTS IS DIVIDED INTO SIX SECTIONS--"INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDENTS,""USAGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH CLASS,""VARIATIONS WITHIN STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH,""BASES FOR JUDGMENTS ABOUT USAGE," AND "CHARACTERISTICS OF A MATURE ATTITUDE TOWARD USAGE." FOUR…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, English, English Curriculum
BARFIELD, ONA; AND OTHERS – 1965
ORANGE COUNTY FLORIDA'S ENGLISH GUIDE FOR GRADES SEVEN THROUGH TWELVE IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR ASPECTS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDY--(1) LISTENING, SPEAKING, VIEWING, (2) DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF THE LANGUAGE (INCLUDING GRAMMAR, WORD STUDY, AND USAGE), (3) READING AND LITERATURE, AND (4) WRITING. EACH SECTION DELINEATES OBJECTIVES, CONCEPTS, ATTITUDES,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, English Instruction, High School Students, Junior High School Students
Mazur, Gertrud S., Ed. – 1979
The following papers of relevance to second language instruction are compiled here: (1) "Bilingual Math in a Monolingual Classroom: A Field Study," by Elizabeth M. Baricevic; (2) "Ideologie et pedagogie: reflexions sur le manuel de francais au programme de '3e annee secondaire' en Algerie," by Jeanne Adam; (3) "Pedagogic…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Curriculum, Discourse Analysis
Park, Jan Carl – Alternative Communications, 1979
The 22 entries in this annotated bibliography represent articles that have lesbian women or gay men as subjects and that deal with a specific verbal or nonverbal communication factor. Topics covered in the entries include patterns of self-disclosure in homosexual and heterosexual college students, interpersonal conflict in homosexual relations,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict
