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Bagha, Karim Nazari – English Language Teaching, 2011
Generative semantics is (or perhaps was) a research program within linguistics, initiated by the work of George Lakoff, John R. Ross, Paul Postal and later McCawley. The approach developed out of transformational generative grammar in the mid 1960s, but stood largely in opposition to work by Noam Chomsky and his students. The nature and genesis of…
Descriptors: Transformational Generative Grammar, Semantics, Linguistic Theory, Syntax
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Ivic, Rebecca K.; Green, Robert J. – Communication Teacher, 2012
How can public speaking instructors teach students how to be charismatic and confident speakers? The activity presented in this article suggests that instructors foster competent and charismatic presentational skills by having students channel the stylistic capabilities of an exceptional speaker. The activity requires students to take on the…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Nonverbal Communication, Speech Communication, Speeches
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Jabbarifar, Taghi – Journal of International Education Research, 2014
This study presents an overall review of the paradigms that contribute to the making and development of functional human linguistics and communication skills and the teaching of language.
Descriptors: English Instruction, Communication Skills, Linguistics, Structural Linguistics
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Butler, Paul – English Journal, 2011
About 10 years ago, Robert J. Connors's article "The Erasure of the Sentence" questioned the disappearance of writing style and examined the validity of some of the reasons given for its disappearance. Since that 2000 article, the study of style has undergone a kind of renaissance, with numerous books and articles on its uses in composition theory…
Descriptors: Transformational Generative Grammar, Creativity, Sentences, Teacher Role
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Leonard, Laurence D.; Loeb, Diane Frome – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1988
This paper introduces the Government-Binding Theory of grammar and offers examples of the theory's use in areas of language development, child language disorders, and adult aphasia. Discussed are the levels of representation of Universal Grammar, subtheories that constrain the representations at each level, parameter setting, core grammar, and…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Linguistic Theory
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McBrien, Peter; Poulovassilis, Alexandra – Information Systems, 1998
Discussion of methodologies for the semantic integration of databases focuses on formalizing the notion of schema equivalence and the schema integration process. Topics include common data model; the Entity-Relationship (ER)model; transformation of ER models; transformational, mapping, and behavioral schema equivalence; and knowledge-based…
Descriptors: Databases, Linguistic Theory, Mathematical Formulas, Models
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Wolfe, Pat – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2006
The brain, a pattern-finding organ, seeks to create meaning through establishing or refining existing neural networks; this is learning. Emotion affects what is learned and what is retained.
Descriptors: Transformational Generative Grammar, Brain, Neurological Organization, Emotional Response
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Hudson, Pansy L. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1979
A language program using the Fitgerald Key (a method for teaching the order of words in a sentence) and diagramming has been used successfully with hearing impaired students. (CL)
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Hearing Impairments, Language Instruction, Program Descriptions
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Mann, G. Thomas – Unterrichtspraxis, 1985
Offers a practical model for teaching the extended modifier that is economical and linguistically sound, based on the insights and methodology of transformational generative grammar. Five transformational rules are given for generating extended modifiers from relative clauses. Examples of transformations and two class exercises in German are also…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Advanced Courses, German, Learning Activities
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Taylor, Talbot J. – Language Sciences, 1997
Focuses on theories concerning the origin of language. The article indicates that the language-origins theories most favored in contemporary science all have their roots in the intellectual preoccupations of the early scientists and philosophers of the European Enlightenment. The article concludes that the origin of language myth reveals itself as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
Elson, Nicholas – TESL Talk, 1983
Surveys some of the principal theories and methodologies in second language instruction. (EKN)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Grammar Translation Method
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Bordt, Rebecca L. – Teaching Sociology, 2005
This article suggests ways in which a current research article on employment discrimination from the "American Sociological Review" can be used in the undergraduate classroom to facilitate deep structure learning (Roberts 1986, 2001, 2002). The exercises are designed for different levels of the undergraduate curriculum and adopt the strategies of…
Descriptors: Transformational Generative Grammar, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Inquiry, Active Learning