Linguistic Universals, Deep Structure, and English as a Second Language.

Long, Ralph B.

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ERIC Number: EJ012445

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Publication Date: 1969

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Linguistic Universals, Deep Structure, and English as a Second Language

Long, Ralph B.

TESOL Quart, 3, 2, 123-132, 69 Jun

The author questions the usefulness of the concepts of transformational generative grammar, especially as represented in Jacobs and Rosenbaum's "English Transformational Grammar, for the teacher of English as a Second Language. Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, Chicago, March 1969. (FWB)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Language Universals, Second Language Learning, Surface Structure, Teaching Methods, Traditional Grammar, Transformational Generative Grammar

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