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Olson, Susan M. – 1995
A study investigated patterns of usage of "can" and "may" (e.g., "May/Can I go to the bathroom?") among native speakers and non-native speakers of English. A questionnaire was administered to 25 native English-speakers, most aged 19-26 and the remainder over age 45, and 56 non-native speakers taking advanced…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Grammar
Carranza, Isolda – 1992
The starting point of this thesis is the hypothesis that in Spanish there are conventionalized expressions that signal both the articulation of text parts and the speaker's attitude towards the utterance. "Pragmatic Expressions" (PEs) are fixed lexical forms that contribute to text creation in relation to the context of enunciation, are oriented…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
Clyne, Michael – Working Papers of the National Languages Institute of Australia, 1991
This paper reports on research conducted in the Language and Society Centre of the National Languages Institute of Australia, Monash University, into interaction in English between non-native speakers from different ethnolinguistic backgrounds. The project emphasizes two aspects of verbal interaction where language-specific rules are closely…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Intercultural Communication
Trent, Nobuko – Texas Papers in Foreign Language Education, 1998
Every language has different systems for expressing third party information. While in some languages grammar rules stipulate how to do this, in both Japanese and English the degree of indirection or direction a speaker should use to express information obtained as hearsay is genuinely a pragmatic language issue. English speakers tend to express…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Discourse Analysis
Liu, Dilin – 1997
It is argued that many teachers of English for speakers of other languages (ESOL), in attempting to help students deal with the complex task of developing cohesion in their writing, focus on use of functional connectives such as conjunctions while overlooking use of content lexical ties (such as synonymy and hyponymy) despite their usefulness in…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cohesion (Written Composition), English (Second Language), Language Patterns
Alam, Samsul – 1998
A study analyzed the structure of negative sentences in the Thai language, based on data gathered from two native speakers. It is shown that the Thai negative marker generally occurs between the noun phrase (subject) and the verb phrase in simple active sentences and in passive sentences. Negation of noun phrases is also allowed in Thai, with a…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Native Speakers
Parkinson, Brian; Sandhu, Parveen; Lacorte, Manel; Gourlay, Lesley – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1998
This article considers arguments for and against the use of coding systems in classroom-based language research and touches on some relevant considerations from ethnographic and conversational analysis approaches. The four authors each explain and elaborate on their practical decision to code or not to code events or utterances at a specific point…
Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Communication, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis
Schmitt, Lothar M.; Christianson, Kiel T. – 1998
This document describes how to construct tools for language analysis in research and teaching using the Bourne-shell, sed, and awk, three search tools, in the UNIX operating system. Applications include: searches for words, phrases, grammatical patterns, and phonemic patterns in text; statistical analysis of text in regard to such searches,…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Etymology, Grammar, Indexes
Fukuda, Takashi – Studies in Philippine Linguistics, 1997
The study presents a grammar of Eastern Bontoc, an Austronesian language of the northern Philippines that includes five village dialects and has about 8,000 speakers. Data are from transcribed recordings of primarily one dialect, gathered in 1977-80. The discourse-oriented grammar is outlined in six chapters: an introduction to the language, its…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Bell, Nancy – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1998
A study examined the production of three speech acts by a small group of Korean learners of English at a high beginning level. In comparing disagreements, requests, and suggestions, it was found that although the students demonstrate the ability to increase the level of politeness used, their disagreements tended to be direct and unmitigated. It…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, English (Second Language), Korean, Language Patterns
Russ, Charles V. J. – 1992
German borrowing of English words after 1945 is analyzed, focusing on sociolinguistic and linguistic factors, changes English words have undergone in adoption into German, the main areas of borrowing, and the channels through which borrowing has occurred. It is proposed that the most common motives for borrowing are the importation of an object or…
Descriptors: Advertising, Diachronic Linguistics, English, Foreign Countries
Chen, Fred J. – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1993
This study examines the speech act sequence of introductions among native speakers of American English from a wide variety of occupations, educational backgrounds, and role relationships. Specifically, the focus of the study is on the sequencing of other-introductions; namely, in an introduction that involves at least three participants, who gets…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Educational Background, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Patterns
Weiping, Wu – 1993
It is proposed that in the teaching and testing of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL), emphasis should be placed on features that are universal to all languages rather than particular to Chinese. Shared properties of Chinese and other languages, particularly English, are illustrated through examination of three major language components:…
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English
Bodomo, Adams B. – 1993
An integrated analysis of the syntax and semantics of serial verb constructions (SVCs) in a group of West African languages is presented. With data from Dagaare and closest relatives, a structural definition for SVCs is developed (two or more lexical verbs that share grammatical categories within a clause), establishing SVCs as complex predicates.…
Descriptors: African Languages, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Patterns
Newbrook, Mark – 1990
Most studies of dialects in English-language literature have focused on works of the nineteenth century or earlier. However, modern literature can expand the scope of dialectological investigation. In John Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye," use of non-standard dialect forms occurs when the author uses an unusually informal register…
Descriptors: Authors, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Dialogs (Language)
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