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Peer reviewedMeziani, Ahmed – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983
Presents an analysis of the modal verbs in English and Moroccan Arabic that works equally well for both languages and is simple enough to be of use to the classroom teacher. (EKN)
Descriptors: English, Language Patterns, Second Language Instruction, Syntax
Peer reviewedTaha, Abdul Karim – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983
Surveys 12 types of syntactic ambiguity in written English. Gives the structural characteristics, their causes, and ways of resolving the ambiguity for each type. (EKN)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Syntax
