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The Performative Analysis of "Why Not V?"
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Lee, Chungmin – Language Sciences, 1973
Why Not V?'' refers to the grammatical structure Why Not (plus) Verb?'' (RS)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English, Sentence Structure, Structural Grammar
Grammatical Acceptability as a Negative Function of Disruption
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Scott, Robert Ian – Language Sciences, 1974
Reports research at the University of Saskatchewan in which experiments with variously rearranged English and French sentences showed grammatical acceptability decreasing as the disruption of the sentence producing field of subject, verb, object, qualifier increased. (RM)
Descriptors: English, French, Language Patterns, Language Research
Transformational Grammar and Dialect Typology
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Ionescu, Liliana – Language Sciences, 1971
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language Classification, Linguistic Theory
Linguistics in West Germany
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Vater, Heinz – Language Sciences, 1971
Brief report on West German linguistic publications, intended especially for American linguists. Explanatory notes and a bibliography are included. (VM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Structural Analysis