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Durbin, Marshall; Micklin, Michael – Linguistics, 1973
Research supported by a Faculty Research Grant from the Social Science Research Council. (DD)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Experiments, Phrase Structure, Semantics
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Stout, Carol – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1973
Discusses phrase structure and marking rules (for number and case) in Zuni transitive and intransitive verbs. (DD)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Distinctive Features (Language), Morphology (Languages), Phonology
Loos, Eugene Emil – 1969
This generative-transformational model of Capanahua phonology aims (1) to make available to linguistic science data analyzed from the point of view of an explanatory, unified theory of language; and (2) to test some conclusions suggested by those data, with respect to language universals. Chapters treat phrase structure rules, transformational…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Distinctive Features (Language), Language Universals, Morphology (Languages)
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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
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Huddleston, Rodney – Journal of Linguistics, 1973
Discusses formalized systems for representing grammatical structure. (DD)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), Generative Grammar, Morphology (Languages), Morphophonemics
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Trail, Ronald L. – 1973
This volume presents a study of the clause as a verb-centered construction surrounded by certain nuclear constituents which serve to subcategorize it. Five India-Nepal languages are examined: Kotia Oriya, Kupia, and Maithili (Indo-Aryan family); and Dhanghar-Kurux and Kolani (Dravidian family). Dhangar-Kurux and Maithili are spoken in Nepal, the…
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Charts, Comparative Analysis, Consonants
Zierer, Ernesto – Lenguaje y Ciencias, 1971
This paper considers Spanish adjectives and the possibility of converting some adjectives into adverbs, keeping the same general significance of a sentence. The conversion of an adjective into an adverb under these circumstances can be accomplished through a transformation which can be applied to a particular logical-semantic structure. The author…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics
Gee, James Paul, Ed.; And Others – 1973
This volume includes 12 of the 24 papers presented at the Third Annual California Linguistics Conference. Selections are drawn from each of the four sessions, covering semantic and lexical structure, phonology, syntax, and language in context. Each of the papers includes a bibliography, as well as diagrams, charts, and appendixes when necessary.…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Distinctive Features (Language), Dutch, German
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Hale, Austin; Watters, David – 1973
This volume, the second in a series of four on the languages of Nepal, contains the following papers: "Clause Patterns in Nepaili,""Clause Patterns in Tamang," and "A Survey of Clause Patterns." For other volumes in the series, see FL 004 896, FL 004 897, and FL 004 898. (DD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Consonants, Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language)
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New York Univ., NY. Linguistic String Project. – 1970
This work reports on an initial study of the possibility of providing a suitable framework for the teaching of a foreign language grammar through string analysis, using French as the target language. Analysis of a string word list (word-class sequences) yields an overall view of the grammar. Details are furnished in a set of restrictions which…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Distinctive Features (Language), English, French