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Using Conversation Analysis to Study Prosodic Problems in a Child with Language Impairment
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Samuelsson, Christina – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2009
Prosody carries a lot of information relevant for our understanding of spoken messages. In addition, prosody plays an important role in signalling attitudes and emotions. Prosodic features also constitute an important resource that participants use to achieve mutual understanding in interaction. The aim of this study was to point to possible…
Descriptors: Intonation, Language Impairments, Testing, Language Tests
Une approche pedagogique de l'expressivite intonative (Pedagogical Approach to Intonal Expressivity)
Martins-Baltar, Michel – Revue de Phonetique Appliquee, 1974
Studies the linguistic conception of the laboratory exercises on intonal expressivity included in the audio-visual method for advanced students: "Express Yourself as a Specialist In..." (Text is in French.) (PMP)
Descriptors: French, Intonation, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Topic and Focus in Mayan.
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Aissen, Judith L. – Language, 1992
A phrase-structural analysis of preverbal word orders in three Mayan languages (Tzotzil, Jakaltek, Tz'utujil) is presented. At the heart of the analysis is an account of intonational phrasing and the distribution of several intonational phrase clitics in Tzotzil and Jakaltek. (70 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Intonation, Mayan Languages, Phrase Structure, Stress (Phonology)
L'Intonation predicative dans les phrases transformees par permutation (Predicative Intonation in Sentences Transformed by Permutation)
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Rossi, Mario – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: French, Intonation, Linguistic Theory, Mathematical Linguistics
LINGUISTICS AND TEACHING, A MANUAL OF CLASSROOM PRACTICES.
DELANCEY, ROBERT W. – 1965
A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO SELECED ASPECTS OF THE LINGUISTICS ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH IS PRESENTED IN THIS MONOGRAPH. FOLLOWING A DEFINITION OF LANGUAGE AND AN EXPLANATION OF THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS, THE PEDAGOGICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE INADEQUACIES OF TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR ARE EXAMINED. THE CONSIDERATION OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS IN ENGLISH CENTERS ON PHONOLOGY…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grammar, Intonation, Linguistics
A Re-Examination of "Normal Stress."
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Schmerling, Susan F. – Language, 1974
Paper presented at the 1972 Summer Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Chapel Hill, N.C. (DD)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Intonation, Linguistic Theory, Phonology
Structural and Traditional Grammar: Some Uses and Limitations.
Searles, John R. – 1965
The advantages and weaknesses of conventional grammar and structural linguistics are the subjects of this pamphlet. Reasons given for the widespread attack on conventional grammar are that it has resulted in repetitive and time-consuming instruction, has not improved the students' language skills, has been confused with language usage, and does…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grammar, Intonation, Language Skills
Structural Ambiguity and the Suprasegmentals.
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Stageberg, Norman C. – English Record, 1971
Too often in teaching English to speakers of other languages, the patterns of intonation, stress, and juncture are neglected; as a result, the student's comprehension and power of expression are reduced. After the basic suprasegmental patterns are taught, the teacher should continue to teach the patterns which are useful in distinguishing meanings…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Intonation, Language Instruction
Aspects of Language.
Bolinger, Dwight – 1968
A survey of the substance of linguistics and of the activities of linguists is presented in an attempt to acquaint ordinary readers with the various aspects of la"guage. A discussion of the human tendency toward speech, of the traits of language, and of phonetic elements prepares the way for an analysis of the structure of languag e in terms of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Diachronic Linguistics