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Download full textGesner, B. Edward – 1979
A study was conducted of the Baie Sainte-Marie Acadian dialect, a particular form of the French language derived from the French spoken in France during the 16th and 17th centuries. The purpose of this study was to analyze and explain a certain number of morphosyntactic deviations from standard French, from both a synchronic and a diachronic…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Dialects
Peer reviewedCandler, W. J. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
This article discusses the various dialects of English spoken in Liberia and analyzes the problems of Liberian students in writing compositions in English. Errors arise mainly from differences in culture and cognition, not from superficial linguistic problems. (CFM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Dialect Studies
PDF pending restorationEdrial-Luzares, Casilda, Ed.; Hale, Austin, Ed. – 1978
This volume is devoted to papers of an empirical or theoretical nature contributing to the study of language and communicative bahavior in the Philippines. Articles included are: (1) "Three Criteria for Establishing Dialect Boundries," by Michael Ross Walrod; (2) "Topic in Tagalog Revisited," by Teresita C. Rafael; (3)…
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Case (Grammar), Cebuano, Creoles
Zierer, Ernesto, Ed. – 1977
This issue contains two articles in Spanish and three in English on the following topics: the practical presentation of English for Special Purposes (ESP) materials in science programs at the National University of Trujillo, "notional syllabus" and "discourse analysis" in relation to ESP materials, extra-linguistic principles in explaining…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Curriculum Guides, Dialect Studies, Dialects
