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Presupposition and the Applicability of Rules
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Choon-Kyu Oh – Linguistics, 1974
The effect of presuppositions on the applicability of grammatical rules is discussed. It is argued that the speaker's presupposition may cause a grammatical rule to become optional. (RM)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Sentence Structure
The Arbitrary Basis of Transformational Grammar
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Lakoff, George – Language, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
The Acquisition of Language: The Study of Developmental Psycholinguistics.
McNeill, David – 1970
The theme of this book is the concept of a sentence and the role which it plays in child language acquisition. The author argues that the concept of a sentence is innately available to children and is the "main guiding principle in a child's attempt to organize and interpret the linguistic evidence that fluent speakers make available to him."…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Universals, Perceptual Development, Phonology
A Practical Theory of Syntax for Translation
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Ganeshsundaram, P. C. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1976
Presents theoretical syntactic formulas for translating sentences from one language to another. (KM)
Descriptors: Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages), Sentence Structure
On the Status of the So-Called Right Roof Constraint
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Grosu, Alexander – Language, 1973
The right roof constraint'' is the assumption that rightward-movement rules are always upward-bounded; see J.R. Ross' dissertation, Constraints on Variables in Syntax'' (MIT, 1967). (RS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Diagrams, Language Universals
On the "Language of Observation" in Linguistics. Working Papers on Language Universals, No. 4.
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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
Global Rules and Phonological Processes
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Gussmann, Edmund – Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 1973
It is asserted that the treatment of intonation within the framework of generative grammar has not shown whether surface syntactic structure is sufficient for formulation of phonological rules. An attempt is made to demonstrate that within English phonology reference to deep structure is necessary. (Available from: See FL 508 214). (RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English, Intonation, Language Universals
Some Cross-Linguistic Generalizations About Yes-No Questions and Their Answers. Working Papers on Language Universals, No. 7.
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Moravcsik, Edith A. – 1971
Four hypotheses concerning the linguistic structure of yes-no questions and their answers are considered as hypotheses relating to the abstract structure of yes-no questions and to this abstract structure in all human languages. The universal base hypotheses are the following: (1) The abstract representation of all yes-no questions includes two…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Questioning Techniques
Arabic Topicalization: Alternative Approaches
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Schreiber, Peter A.; Anshen, Frank – Language Sciences, 1974
Descriptors: Arabic, Deep Structure, Diagrams, Language Universals
Remarks on Directionality
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Zwicky, Arnold M. – Journal of Linguistics, 1972
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
Problems of Syntax and Semantics in the Works of Charles Fillmore
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Arutjunova, N. D. – Linguistics, 1975
Treats the general linguistic aspect of Fillmore's theories. (RM)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Language Universals
Deep to Surface Contrasts in English and Italian Imperatives
Kessler, Ann Carolyn – Lang Learning, 1969
Descriptors: Charts, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, English
Aspekte der Valenztheorie (Aspects of the Valence Theory)
Cherubim, Dieter; And Others – Deutsche Sprache, 1973
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Sentence Diagraming
Implications for ESOL of Some Recent Linguistic Research
Rutherford, William E. – TESOL Quart, 1969
A somewhat modified version of a paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, May 1969. (FWB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Universals
Qualifying and Relational Terms as Linguistic Universals
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Droste, F. G. – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Function Words, Kernel Sentences, Language Universals
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