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Barker, Chris, Ed.; Dowty, David, Ed. – 1992
Papers from the conference on semantics and linguistic theory include the following: "Definiteness, Existentials, and the 'List' Interpretation" (Barbara Abbott); "Strong and Weak Novelty and Familiarity" (Cleo Condoravdi); "The Singular-Plural Distinction in Hindi Generics" (Veneeta Srivastav Dayal);" Adverbial…
Descriptors: Adverbs, Arabic, Grammar, Hindi
Dooley, Robert A., Ed.; Quakenbush, J. Stephen, Ed. – 1991
The working papers by students and professors of linguistics on research in progress include the following: "Are Cariban Languages Moving Away From or Towards Ergative Systems?" (Desmond D. Derbyshire); "A Double-Verb Construction in Mbya Guarani" (Robert A. Dooley); "Semantically Ergative Languages in Typological…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Determiners (Languages), Foreign Countries, Grammar
Lepage, Danielle, Ed.; Dominik, Annette, Ed. – 1989
Presentations by students at a colloquium on student research on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the University of Laval's Faculty of Letters, March 18-19, 1988, include: "Une enquete sur la qualite du francais ecrit au Quebec"; "Amenagement linguistique et neologie"; "Analyse syntaxique des 'arrets et retours' en…
Descriptors: Arabic, French, Grammar, Higher Education
Clark, Eve V., Ed.; Matsumoto, Yo, Ed. – 1988
The proceedings include the following papers: "Why We Study Child Language"; "Children's Use of Information in Word Learning"; "An Examination of the Initial Mapping of Verb Meanings"; "Evidence for the VP Constituent from Child Korean"; "The Role of Stress, Position, and Intonation in the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, English, Form Classes (Languages)
Duncan, Erin, Ed.; And Others – 1994
Papers on phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics from a conference on formal linguistics include: "Major Class Alternations" (Young-Mee Yu Cho, S. Inkelas); "On Defining Complex Templates (R. Kager); "Sandhi and Syllables in Classical Sanskrit" (B. Kessler); "Catalexis in Word Stress: Evidence from Spanish and…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Determiners (Languages), Dutch, French
Prujiner, Alain, Ed. – 1987
Papers given at an international conference applying the social sciences to the study of the relationships of languages include the following: "Reseaux sociaux et comportements langagiers en milieu de contact des langues" ("Social Networks and Language Behaviors in a Language Contact Setting") by M. Blanc and J. Hamers, with…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bilingualism, Diglossia, Discourse Analysis
Stanford Univ., CA. Dept. of Linguistics. – 1990
Papers from the proceedings are: "Cultural Universals in the Acquisition of Language;""The Acquisition of Locative Constructions in Cantonese Children"; "The Acquisition of VOT: Is It Language-Dependent?"; "Flexibility in Semantic Representations: Children's Ability To Switch among Different Interpretations of 'Big' and 'Little'"; "Multifunctional…
Descriptors: Child Language, Children, Chinese, Concept Formation
Hougaard, Anders, Ed.; Lund, Steffen Nordahl, Ed. – Odense Working Papers in Language and Communication, 2002
This collection of conference papers and abstracts includes: "Integrating Two Languages, Theories of Minds, and Executive Functions" (Agnes Melinda Kovacs and Erno Teglas); "Unconventional Thinking for Speaking: The Blends of George W. Bush" (Alan Cienki); "Blends of Alternations in the Grammar of Brazilian Vernacular…
Descriptors: Biology, Chinese, Cognitive Processes, Concept Teaching
Sonora Univ. (Mexico), Dept. of Letters and Linguistics. – 1994
Papers in these volumes were presented at a Mexican conference on linguistics. Most papers are in Spanish; the English translations of the titles include the following: "Directions in Contemporary Semantics" (L. Lara); "Regular Accentuation in Spanish" (C. Braithwaite); "Syntactic Order in Sonoran" (D. Brown); "Speech Datives or Interest/Not of…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Ethnology
Stanford Univ., CA. Dept. of Linguistics. – 1986
Papers on child language development include: "Sentence Frame Effects on Children's Category Judgments" (Alison K. Adams); "Color Similarity in Children's Classifications and Extension of Object Labels" (Dare Baldwin); "Situational Properties of Early Verb Meaning" (Pol Cuvelier); "Similarity, Specificity, and…
Descriptors: Child Language, Classification, Color, Comparative Analysis
Hoffer, Bates, Ed. – 1996
Forty-five papers on linguistic theory and language research from the annual conference address these topics: aspects of discourse analysis; agreement languages; grammatical relations; syntax; phonology; grammar; contrastive linguistics; second language learning; syntax; quotations; topic management; aphasia; interpersonal communication; laughter;…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Aphasia, Bilingualism, Black Dialects
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Nuopponen, Anita, Ed.; Palmberg, Rolf, Ed. – 1989
This publication consists of a collection of 18 papers in English, German, Swedish, and Finnish originally presented at a 1988 symposium of the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics (AFinLA), which was organized jointly by the University of Vaasa and the Department of Teacher Education at Abo Akademi, Finland. Papers focus on the following…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Finnish, Foreign Countries
Dimitriadis, Alexis, Ed.; Siegel, Laura, Ed.; Surek-Clark, Clarissa, Ed.; Williams, Alexander, Ed. – 1997
This issue contains the following articles: "The Pragmatics of Wh-Question Intonation in English" (Christine Bartels); "The Nature of Object Agreement in Hungarian" (Huba Bartos); "Voah Mei Daett Sei Deitsh: Developments in the Vowel System of Pennsylvania German" (David Bowie); "Event Time Properties"…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Code Switching (Language), Dialects, English
Clark, Eve V., Ed.; And Others – 1989
Papers in this volume include the following: "The Structural Sources of Verb Meaning" (Lila R. Gleitman); "Acquisition of Noun Incorporation in Inuktitut" (Shanley Allen, Martha Crago); "Why Do Children Omit Subjects?" (Paul Bloom); "Acquiring Language in a Creole Setting: Theoretical and Methodological…
Descriptors: Adverbs, American Sign Language, Child Language, Chinese
Dwyer, David J., Ed. – 1986
Representatives from major institutions teaching African languages convened to discuss the design of African language textbooks and to propose guidelines for the writing of new textbooks and evaluation of existing ones. Conference papers include: "Language Acquisition Theory and Materials Construction" (Stephen Krashen); "The Structures of Verbal…
Descriptors: African Languages, Berber Languages, Classification, Difficulty Level
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