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Greenberg, Joseph H. – 1970
Use of "the language of observation" as a level of scientific discourse is exemplified. The formal properties of this language are characterized, and the derivability and feasibility of the axiomatic method as applied to it are considered. Also discussed are the theoretical and practical significance of this level with respect to various…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Phonology
McNamer, Patrick F. – 1974
The syntactic relationship between the quantifier and the noun phrase (NP) and the function of the quantifier in the sentence are studied. In the first part of the paper, the theories of several linguists concerning the structure of the NP that includes a quantifier are reviewed. In parts 2 and 3 a syntactic description of the quantifier is…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Grammar, Linguistic Theory
Zimmer, Karl E. – 1971
The paper begins with a discussion of several recently proposed analyses of nominal compounds in English. It is then suggested that the relations which may appropriately underlie nominal compounds of the type Noun + Noun can best be defined negatively, i.e. by listing those relations between two nouns which cannot underlie compounds rather than…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English, German, Language Universals
Nilsen, Don L. F.; Nilsen, Alleen Pace – 1975
This book attempts to bring linguists and language teachers up to date on the latest developments in semantics. A survey of the role of semantics in linguistics and other academic areas is followed by a historical perspective of semantics in American linguistics. Various semantic models are discussed. Anomaly, ambiguity, and discourse are…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Grammar