Descriptor
| Deep Structure | 2 |
| Second Language Instruction | 2 |
| Transformational Generative… | 2 |
| Behavior Theories | 1 |
| Cognitive Processes | 1 |
| Communicative Competence… | 1 |
| Contrastive Linguistics | 1 |
| Discourse Analysis | 1 |
| Dutch | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| English | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| English Language Teaching… | 1 |
Publication Type
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedNey, James W. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1980
Discusses the implications for language teaching of Chomskyean and transformational theory. The notions of deep structure, linguistic theory building, and inutility of a corpus are far less interesting than the view of language as rule-governed behavior and language learning as hypothesis-testing. Rationalist v behaviorist theories are discussed.…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, English (Second Language)
Corder, S. P., Ed.; Roulet, E., Ed. – 1974
Papers from the 1973 Neuchatel Colloquium in Applied Linguistics are presented. Contents are as follows: "Karttunen's Types of Implication in English and German: A Contrastive Study," W. Abraham; "The Relevance of Generative Semantics for Language Teaching," R. Dirven; "'Be' plus 'ing' Revisited," H. Adamczeski; "The So-Called Deep Structures and…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Discourse Analysis
