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Chen, H. Julie – 1995
A study investigated 42 native English-speakers' (NSs) perceptions of the pragmatic appropriateness of refusal statements. The NSs rated the appropriateness of 24 written statements in 4 different refusal scenarios, which were collected from both native speakers and non-native speakers. Four weeks later, as a reliability check, the subjects rated…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Interrater Reliability
Bryson, Bill – 1994
Claiming that understanding the social context in which words are formed is necessary to appreciate the richness and vitality of language, this book presents an informal, discursive examination of how and why American speech came to be the way it is, and in particular where the words came from. The book follows a roughly chronological format from…
Descriptors: Idioms, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Language Variation
Castro, Carolyn D. – 1996
Analysis of the transcript of a social worker's interview with a five-and-a-half-year-old girl allegedly sexually abused by a man focuses on how the interview was conducted and elements that suggest it should not be used as testimony. First, inconsistencies in the transcript that cast doubt on the child's reliability are noted, and the truth of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Language, Court Litigation, Interviews
den Ouden, Dirk-Bart – 1995
A report of research on phonology consists of two parts. The first examines the direction in which syllables are "built"--whether the segment or the syllable came first. The first part looks at the effects that different forms of syllabification have on syllable structure, and explores which syllable structure accounts for most…
Descriptors: Child Language, Creoles, Diachronic Linguistics, English
Willson, Stephen R. – 1996
Analysis of a form of Burushaski, spoken in northern Pakistan, uses Relational Grammar (RG), targeting grammatical relations at different strata in a clause, to account for a wide range of verb agreement and case marking phenomena. It is found that the RG notions of unaccusative and unergative are sufficient to characterize the two major groupings…
Descriptors: Burushaski, Case (Grammar), Foreign Countries, Grammar
Eatough, Andy – 1996
One dialect of Yi spoken in Meigu County in the southern part of China's Sichuan Province is analyzed for its tone patterns, based on data provided by a bilingual native speaker. Consonant and vowel inventories are provided. Three contrastive tones are found. One has three allophones, which are conditioned by the preceding tone. Tonal allophony is…
Descriptors: Chinese, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Research
Yoon, Jae-Hak, Ed.; Kathol, Andreas, Ed. – Working Papers in Linguistics, 1996
Papers on semantic theory and research include: "Presupposition, Congruence, and Adverbs of Quantification" (Mike Calcagno); "A Unified Account of '(Ta)myen'-Conditionals in Korean" (Chan Chung); "Spanish 'imperfecto' and 'preterito': Truth Conditions and Aktionsart Effects in a Situation Semantics" (Alicia Cipria,…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Discourse Analysis, Korean, Language Patterns
Heltoft, Lars; Jakobsen, Lisbeth Falster – 1995
Two papers on linguistic theory are presented. The first examines the relationship between two subsystems of Danish grammar: (1) the morphology and meaning of the two passives (a morphological passive and a periphrastic passive); and (2) the word order rules and meanings attached to indefinite subjects, irrespective of voice. It is claimed that…
Descriptors: Danish, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar
MacLean, Edna Ahgeak – 1981
This dictionary is designed for students of the Inupiaq language, a form of Inuit spoken in Alaska. The dictionary has three main sections. The first contains Inupiaq noun and verb stems with English translations, the second contains Inupiaq postbases with English translations, and the third has English words with Inupiaq translations. There are…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, English, Eskimo Aleut Languages, Grammar
Browne, Charles; Poulshock, Joseph – 1996
The phenomenon of language is discussed and suggestions are made for using its unique aspects to enhance classroom second language teaching and learning. Five main points are made about language: (1) it differs in kind, not simply in degree, from other species' communicative behaviors; (2) the wonder of human language is rivaled by only one other…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Intelligence
Ewers, Traute – 1996
The study examines origins of the usage patterns of "be" forms (conjugated and invariant forms of the copula) in Black English as they developed over a period of about 30 years. The corpus studied consists of selected interviews from a collection of recordings about Hoodoo, conjuration, witchcraft, and rootwork made by a white priest with almost…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Diachronic Linguistics, English, Folk Culture
Jung, Woo-hyun – 1994
This discussion of the speech act of thanking looks at the basic functions of the act and responses to it in American English. It is argued that in general, "thank you" expressions are used to express appreciation of benefits and to enhance rapport between interlocutors, and that this basic use is extended to the functions of conversational…
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Language Patterns
Jung, Woo-hyun – 1996
A study compared functional similarities and differences in the passive in English and Korean, examining several pragmatics theories (given/new information, theme-rheme structure, foregrounding/backgrounding, defocusing, role prominence, emotional function) for their explanations of the functions of the passives. It is concluded that there is a…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
University of Trondheim Working Papers in Linguistics, 1993
In this volume, five working papers are presented. "Minimal Signs and Grammar" (Lars Hellan) proposes that a significant part of the "production" of grammar is incremental, building larger and larger constructs, with lexical objects called minimal signs as the first steps. It also suggests that the basic lexical information in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages), German, Grammar
Simmons, Thomas L. – 1994
A study of distinctive characteristics of the style in which people communicate in computer-mediated communication (CMC), focusing on use of politeness conventions, is reported. Aspects of the concept of "face" and politeness in social interaction are first reviewed, and threats to speaker's and hearer's face are outlined. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries
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