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SCHANE, SANFORD A. – 1966
A COORDINATION SCHEMA IS DESCRIBED WHICH HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE "MITRE" GRAMMAR. THIS SCHEMA DEALS WITH THE TYPE OF COORDINATION WHERE A SINGLE SENTENCE OF TWO OR MORE CONSTITUENTS ALLOWS FOR A PARAPHRASE OF TWO OR MORE SEPARATE SENTENCES WHICH ARE IDENTICAL IN EVERY RESPECT EXCEPT FOR THE CONJOINABLE MEMBERS. THE NEW APPROACH…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Programs, English, Linguistic Theory
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Salter, David – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 1976
A hypothesis based on the psycholinguistic derivation of sentences was tested. The task required that sentences temporarily stored in memory be transformed and spoken with delayed auditory feedback. Available from Plenum Publishing Corp., 227 W. 17th St., New York, NY 10011. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Research, Memory, Psycholinguistics
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Zribi-Hertz, Anne – Langue Francaise, 1978
Analyzes "possessive" reflexives in French, within the framework of a generative grammar approach. A list of examples is appended. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Semantics, Sentence Structure
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Neely, Peter M. – College English, 1978
Contends that the rule "do not split infinitives" is a proper subset of the rule "do not split verbs," and that both should be taught. (DD)
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Usage
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Chen, Chung-yu – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1978
Fundamental functional differences between preverbal and postverbal locatives in Mandarin Chinese are explored. The syntactic behaviors of the verbs are discussed in the context of compatibilities with locatives containing the element "zai." (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Patterns, Mandarin Chinese, Sentence Structure
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Sullivan, William J. – Language Sciences, 1977
Discusses a stratificational view of the lexicon by (1) defining the transformational-generative lexicon; (2) considering some undesirable consequences of the lexicon; and (3) showing the stratificational model to be simpler and more complete than the transformational-generative version. (CHK)
Descriptors: Lexicology, Linguistic Theory, Models, Morphemes
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Burton-Roberts, Noel – Language, 1976
Proposes that NPs determined by the generic indefinite article represent abstract concepts and as such are not inherently different from indefinite NPs appearing in copulative predicates. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Function Words, Linguistic Theory, Surface Structure
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Green, Georgia M. – Language, 1976
A number of syntactic constructions claimed by linguists to be restricted to main clauses are shown to occur in a variety of subordinate clause types. It is shown that an adequate solution will involve a complex interaction of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic factors. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Sentence Structure, Surface Structure
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Kazazis, Kostas; Pentheroudakis, Joseph – Language, 1976
Attempts to show that the reduplication of indefinite direct objects is not necessarily ungrammatical but that there are two kinds of indefinite direct objects, specified and non-specified. The former may undergo reduplication, the latter may not. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Albanian, Descriptive Linguistics, Greek, Linguistic Theory
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Hooper, Joan B.; Terrell, Tracy – Glossa, 1976
Presents an analysis of Spanish stress based on natural generative theory that places strong constraints on phonological abstractness. This analysis takes Spanish stress to be morphologically determined in relation to the stem of the word. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Generative Phonology, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages)
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Pavel, Thomas G. – Language Sciences, 1973
Analyzes the dramatic structure of Racine's "Phedre" according to linguistic transformations; revised version of a paper presented at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, December 1972. (DD)
Descriptors: Drama, French Literature, Literary Criticism, Seventeenth Century Literature
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Pelosi, Angelo G. – Modern Language Journal, 1973
Urges that a distinction between "grammatical knowledge" and "grammatical description" be maintained in every aspect of language instruction and in preparation of instructional materials. (RL)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Instruction, Structural Grammar
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Sampson, Geoffrey – Journal of Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Language Classification, Language Research, Mathematical Linguistics, Phrase Structure
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Spa, J. J. – Linguistics, 1973
Criticizes Chomsky's theory of the syllabic feature as a major class feature in The Sound Pattern of English'' (New York, Harper and Row, 1968). (RS)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Evaluation, French, Linguistic Theory
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Mel'cuk, I. A. – Linguistics, 1973
Revised and corrected version of an earlier paper. (DD)
Descriptors: Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Phonemics, Phonetics
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