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Keller, Rudi – 1994
The nature of language change over time is examined, and an evolutionary theory of language is proposed. The text, intended for laymen, students, and experts alike, first addresses the reasons and mechanisms by which language changes, and attempts to identify a relationship between the essence of language, reasons for change, and the genesis of…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Research, Language Variation
Download full textLi, Jen-i Jelina – Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1995
This paper studies the semantic properties of a reciprocal construction in Taiwanese. Specific focus is on the real-world situations that this reciprocal construction may encode. First, the syntactic properties of the reciprocal construction "xiou"-V in Taiwanese, which are different from these in English, are analyzed. Next, various…
Descriptors: Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Semantics, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
Tatsuki, Donna Hurst – 1999
In this paper, a case study describes the lexis, phonology, grammar, and syntax of a speaker of South African English (SAE) and shows how these elements differ from those of a General American English (GAE) speaker. The subject was a 32-year-old female speaker of SAE, and that although she is a bilingual speaker of English and Afrikaans, English…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Research
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
Peer reviewedCohen, Arthur M. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1973
Proposes a way of conducting a research project that involves the teachers and provides a reliable grading scale for evaluating college students' ability to write compositions. (RB)
Descriptors: College Students, English Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWachal, Robert S.; Spreen, Otfried – Language and Speech, 1973
Describes the investigation of a number of lexical diversity measures in connection with speech samples taken from 20 aphasic and 20 normal subjects. (TO)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Comparative Analysis, Language Ability, Language Handicaps
Peer reviewedKeller, Gary D. – Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingue, 1974
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Grammar, Language Research
Peer reviewedCherubini, Jon C., Comp. – Italica, 1973
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Italian, Italian Literature, Language Research
Garci-Gomez, Miguel – Boletin de la Real Academia Espanola, 1973
Descriptors: Definitions, Diachronic Linguistics, Etymology, Language Research
Peer reviewedBaron, R. J. – International Journal Of Man-Machine Studies, 1974
A report which describes a theory and corresponding model for the neural basis of language. A detailed functional description is given for elementary visual-linguistic processes. (Author)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Language, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Herrmann, Douglas J.; And Others – Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 1973
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Language Research
Peer reviewedSampson, Geoffrey – Journal of Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Language Classification, Language Research, Mathematical Linguistics, Phrase Structure
Peer reviewedKlein, Karl Kurt – Zeitschrift fur Dialektologie und Linguistik, 1973
Part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. (DD)
Descriptors: Atlases, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dictionaries
Peer reviewedSmith, Paul R., Jr. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1973
Article surveys the special theories and empirical studies of language acquisition carried out by Soviet psychologists, especially in the period since 1950. The basic principles of materialism, historicism and social reference characteristic of Soviet Marxist psychology are placed in contrast to certain current tendencies in American linguistics.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Peer reviewedWhitcombe, Vincent – English in Education, 1973
Supports the contention that every teacher is a teacher of English because every teacher is a teacher in English.'' (Author/RB)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, English Education, Language Proficiency, Language Research
