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Download full textMc Donnell, Patrick – TEANGA: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics, 1996
Verbs of motion and location in Irish Sign Language have a characteristic lexicalization pattern, which influences the lexical choices signers make in denoting the motion and location of entities. Perceived characteristics of referents govern the type of verb root selected. Animate and inanimate referents are signified by different types of verb…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Irish, Language Patterns
Beck, David – Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1997
The Bella Coola suffix "-m" has been analyzed in the literature as two or even three separate morphemes, based on the variable effects it has on the transitivity of its base. The segment is argued for here as a single morpheme with a unified meaning, specifically as a marker of a special case of one definition of the middle voice,…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Research
Tice, Bradley S. – 1997
Metrical phonology, a linguistic process of phonological stress assessment and diagrammatic simplification of sentence and word stress, is discussed as it is found in the English and German languages. The objective is to promote use of metrical phonology as a tool for enhancing instruction in stress patterns in words and sentences, particularly in…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, German, Language Patterns
Dakubu, M. E. Kropp – 1997
The account of language use in Accra, capital of Ghana, focuses on the social history of language use and on issues of language choice in a multilingual society. The first chapter gives an account of a language dispute that demonstrates both literally and symbolically the historically rooted relationships of the four main languages of Accra: Ga,…
Descriptors: African Languages, Akan, Diachronic Linguistics, English
Caflisch, Jacob, Sr. – 1995
A discussion of passive verb forms and the passive voice attempts to explain the nature of passives and to offer composition teachers some reference points for teaching them. Twelve arguments are proposed to explain resistance to the teaching of passives; each is termed a continuum in order to help assess understandings and attitudes. The 12…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Patterns
Borsley, Robert D., Ed.; Przepiorkowski, Adam, Ed. – 1999
The collection of essays on the properties of Slavic languages in the context of the theory of head-driven phrase structure grammar (HPSG) includes: "Typological Similarities in HPSG" (Tania Avgustinova, Wojciech Skut, Hans Uszkoreit); "Auxiliaries, Verbs and Complementizers in Polish" (Robert D. Borsley); "An Architecture…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Paugh, Amy L. – 1999
A study examined language socialization in Dominica (West Indies), focusing on the use of a French-based creole, Patwa, in a situation of linguistic and social change. Despite claims that Patwa is integral to Dominican identity, rural caregivers choose to speak English to language-learning children, contributing to rapid attrition of Patwa.…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Creoles, English
Salter, Robert T. – 1999
Thematic progression (TP) is examined in the text of a communication between a cardiologist and a general practitioner concerning a patient, offering a clinical diagnosis of the patient's condition. Analysis of the discourse looks at the field, tenor, and mode of the communication as a context for TP. The methods of analysis are first described,…
Descriptors: Cardiology, Clinical Diagnosis, Discourse Analysis, English for Special Purposes
Peer reviewedRubin, Beverely Kam; Stolz, Stephanie B. – Behavior Therapy, 1974
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedMatthews-Bresky, R. J. H. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1974
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Patterns, German, Interference (Language)
Peer reviewedOller, John W., Jr. – Language Sciences, 1973
Revised version of a paper presented at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, November 1972. (DD)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deep Structure, Generative Grammar
Peer reviewedHamblock, Dieter – Zielsprache Englisch, 1973
Descriptors: Context Clues, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Peer reviewedBrown, Roger – American Psychologist, 1973
Descriptors: Child Language, Cross Cultural Studies, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Mihm, Arend – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1973
Descriptors: Language Arts, Language Patterns, Learning Processes, Readability
Fasick, Adele Mongan – Elementary English, 1973
Studies the difference in language used in children's television shows and in children's books
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Educational Television, Language Acquisition
