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Peer reviewedLee, D. A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1975
A comparison is made of two different approaches to the treatment of modals in the framework of a transformational grammar--that of Seuren, who analyzes modals as "operators," and that of the generative semanticists who take them to be "higher verbs." Implications for language teaching are discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Semantics
Peer reviewedOller, John W., Jr. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1971
Revised version of a paper presented at the Second International Congress of Applied Linguistics, Cambridge, England, 1969. (DS)
Descriptors: Charts, Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Heller, Bruno – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1974
Conclusion of an article begun in "linguistik und Didaktik," v4 n16 1973. (DD)
Descriptors: Diagrams, German, Grammar, Language Instruction
Margerie, C. de; And Others – Francais dans le Monde, 1973
Descriptors: Diagrams, Form Classes (Languages), French, Language Instruction
Kajikawa, Noriko – Journal-Newsletter of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1971
Descriptors: Diagrams, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Japanese
Soga, Matsuo; Fujimura, Taiji – Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1978
Discusses the construction "Sentence + no + Noun" in contemporary Japanese. (AM)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Deep Structure, Grammar, Japanese
Mayer, Edgar – Francais dans le Monde, 1975
Discusses and exemplifies the author's use of transformational methods to clarify the seemingly arbitrary use of "de" and "a" to introduce the infinitive in French. (Text is in French.) (MSE)
Descriptors: French, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Second Language Learning
Roulet, Eddy – Contact, 1972
Study sponsored by the Committee on Research and Teaching Improvement of the Council of Europe. (DS)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Modern Languages
Download full textMolina, Hubert – Proceedings: Pacific Northwest Conference on Foreign Languages, 1967
Transformational grammar is briefly defined in this paper, and some of the key literature on the subject is indicated. Examples of transformational operation on Spanish sentences are used to demonstrate how this approach makes the teaching-learning process easier and more efficient. (SS)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Modern Languages, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure
O'Donnell, Roy C. – 1975
This study reflects the author's efforts to synthesize ideas drawn from various linguistic theorists, especially Schlesinger, Chomsky, and Fillmore. The first section gives the theoretical background for the study. The second section discusses roles, relations, and constructs. The final section discusses the applications of the study to teaching…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Egli, Urs – Schulpraxis, 1969
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, German, Grammar, Language Instruction
Takahashi, George – Journal-Newsletter of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1970
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Japanese, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedTomayko, James E. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1974
A method of teaching question formation in the Chinese language by use of transformational grammar is described. (RM)
Descriptors: Chinese, Deep Structure, Grammar, Language Instruction
Moirand, Sophie – Francais dans le Monde, 1975
Explains techniques used in teaching the process of nominalization to foreign students at the Universite de Paris VIII, in reaction to common usage in the press. The techniques specifically do not use a generative grammar approach but apply principles of transformation for syntactical description. (Text is in French.) (MSE)
Descriptors: French, Language Instruction, Morphology (Languages), Nouns
Ross, Janet – TESOL Quarterly, 1968
Basic to composition skill is control of sentence structure and accuracy in mechanics. Although it is often said that a student should not write what he has not first heard and practiced orally, it might equally well be said that he should not be expected to write grammatical patterns that he has not read, inasmuch as there is a difference in the…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Sentence Structure
