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Gessman, Albert M. – Language Quarterly, 1990
Discusses phonic shifting or sound shifts through an examination of Grimm's Law, or the Germanic Consonant Shift. The discussion includes comments on why the phonic shift developed and its pattern. (10 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Research
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Ernst, Thomas – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1991
Reviews a wide-ranging formal analysis of Chinese syntax that explores the role of case theory in the phrase structure of Chinese. (15 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Patterns, Language Research
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Schiffrin, Deborah – Discourse Processes, 1985
Demonstrates the value of quantitative analysis of discourse options by focusing on two discourse options for the representation of cause and effect. (HTH)
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language)
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Dinnsen, D. – Journal of Linguistics, 1985
Reviews research studies that raise serious questions about phonological neutralization, that is, the merger of a contrast in certain contexts. Some findings cast doubt on the very existence of neutralization and the correctness of the theoretical principles that make assumptions based on neutralization. Reanalyzes neutralization in light of these…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language)
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Studdert-Kennedy, Michael – Language and Speech, 1980
Reviews research on prosody and segmental perception, segmentation and invariance, categorical perception of speech and nonspeech, feature detectors, scaling speech sounds to an auditory-articulatory space, acoustic-phonetic dependencies within the syllable, higher order (nonphonetic) factors in the comprehension of fluent speech, and cerebral…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Adults, Auditory Perception, Children