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Peer reviewedBirkenmaier, Willy – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1978
This article is a contrastive study of the devices Russian and German dispose of in order to designate a receptacle with content and without it. The German opposition "Wodkaflasche-Flasche Wodka" is represented in Russian by four constructions: relational adjective, genitive, and prepositional forms ("s" and "iz-pod"). (SW)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, German, Language Patterns, Morphology (Languages)
Peer reviewedSheen, Ronald – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Discusses the literature on interference as the cause of errors in second language speech. A study is reported which shows that interference by the native language is most often the factor responsible for the largest number of mistakes in grammar and vocabulary. (Author/AMH)
Descriptors: Adults, Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)
