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Ney, James W. – Language Sciences, 1979
Examines the claim that transformational rules are psychologically real, and applies this claim to all aspects of transformational grammar. (AM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory, Psycholinguistics

Ney, James W. – TESOL Quarterly, 1973
Paper prepared under contract with the Defense Language Institute, English Language Branch, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and presented to the staff and faculty of the Institute in 1972. (RS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Learning Theories

Ney, James W. – Modern Language Journal, 1974
Briefly discusses the work of L. Jakobovits, R. Wardhaugh and R. Lakoff with respect to current behavioristic and cognitivist theories of language learning. (PM)
Descriptors: Conditioning, Deep Structure, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory

Ney, James W. – Written Communication, 1986
Examines some of the theoretical and practical objections to error analysis and proposes it would be more appropriate for teachers to lead students through the use of creative language exercises into the use of many of the possible sentences in a language. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Language Patterns

Ney, James W. – Language Learning, 1971
Descriptors: Charts, Cognitive Processes, Grammar, Learning Theories

Ney, James W. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Discusses the structuralist and the cognitivist theories of language learning, and emphasizes the importance of practice in second language learning. (AM)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory

Ney, James W. – College Composition and Communication, 1973
Describes how behavioral and cognitive psychologies regarding language learning can be synthesized in the teaching of written composition to students learning English as a second language. (MM)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition