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Download full textLadefoged, Peter; And Others – 1968
Of the approximately 40 languages in Uganda, some are very similar to one another and may be to some extent mutually intelligible. Because no one knows how to measure degrees of mutual intelligibility, the authors are attempting to establish reliable techniques which would be not only of practical value for the study of language problems in…
Descriptors: African Languages, Comparative Analysis, Computational Linguistics, Data Analysis
Fox, Barry – 1983
Microresearch of the type performed by W. Loban and K. Hunt was used to describe two functions of macroresearch methodology--reporting and classifying--of the type conducted by J. Britton. This was done by contrasting the use of nine linguistic features of writing produced by four groups of students in each of the functions. The features were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language)
