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Babcock, Sandra Scharff – 1968
This paper examines, within the framework of case grammar, the alternant relationship that holds between the simplex in (1) "The thought frightened me" and (2) "The thought made me frightened," and between the simplex in (3) "John trembled with fear" and (4) "Fear made John tremble." It is shown that while…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis
Pacak, Milos; Pratt, Arnold W. – 1971
This paper is a survey of some of the major semantic models that have been developed for automated semantic analysis of natural language. Current approaches to semantic analysis and logical interference are based mainly on models of human cognitive processes such as Quillian's semantic memory, Simmon's Protosynthex III and others. All existing…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Information Processing, Information Retrieval, Linguistic Theory
LEVIN, SAMUEL R. – 1965
THE PROBLEM OF THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE STRUCTURE IS CONSIDERED AND THE FORM WHICH ANY LINGUISTIC DESCRIPTION SHOULD TAKE. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE INFLUENCE OF THE SWISS LINGUIST, FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN LINGUISTICS. THE QUESTION OF "MENTALISM" IN LINGUISTICS IS REDUCED TO THE PROBLEM OF WHETHER LINGUISTIC…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language, Language Proficiency
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ROSS, JOHN ROBERT – 1966
THIS ANALYSIS OF UNDERLYING SYNTACTIC STRUCTURE IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE PARTS OF SPEECH CALLED "VERBS" AND "ADJECTIVES" ARE TWO SUBCATEGORIES OF ONE MAJOR LEXICAL CATEGORY, "PREDICATE." FROM THIS ASSUMPTION, THE HYPOTHESIS IS ADVANCED THAT, IN LANGUAGES EXHIBITING THE COPULA, THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES CONTAINING PREDICATE…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Deep Structure, English, Linguistic Theory
SCHANE, SANFORD A. – 1966
A COORDINATION SCHEMA IS DESCRIBED WHICH HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE "MITRE" GRAMMAR. THIS SCHEMA DEALS WITH THE TYPE OF COORDINATION WHERE A SINGLE SENTENCE OF TWO OR MORE CONSTITUENTS ALLOWS FOR A PARAPHRASE OF TWO OR MORE SEPARATE SENTENCES WHICH ARE IDENTICAL IN EVERY RESPECT EXCEPT FOR THE CONJOINABLE MEMBERS. THE NEW APPROACH…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Programs, English, Linguistic Theory
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Salter, David – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 1976
A hypothesis based on the psycholinguistic derivation of sentences was tested. The task required that sentences temporarily stored in memory be transformed and spoken with delayed auditory feedback. Available from Plenum Publishing Corp., 227 W. 17th St., New York, NY 10011. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Research, Memory, Psycholinguistics
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Zribi-Hertz, Anne – Langue Francaise, 1978
Analyzes "possessive" reflexives in French, within the framework of a generative grammar approach. A list of examples is appended. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Semantics, Sentence Structure
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Chen, Chung-yu – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1978
Fundamental functional differences between preverbal and postverbal locatives in Mandarin Chinese are explored. The syntactic behaviors of the verbs are discussed in the context of compatibilities with locatives containing the element "zai." (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Patterns, Mandarin Chinese, Sentence Structure
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Sullivan, William J. – Language Sciences, 1977
Discusses a stratificational view of the lexicon by (1) defining the transformational-generative lexicon; (2) considering some undesirable consequences of the lexicon; and (3) showing the stratificational model to be simpler and more complete than the transformational-generative version. (CHK)
Descriptors: Lexicology, Linguistic Theory, Models, Morphemes
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Burton-Roberts, Noel – Language, 1976
Proposes that NPs determined by the generic indefinite article represent abstract concepts and as such are not inherently different from indefinite NPs appearing in copulative predicates. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Function Words, Linguistic Theory, Surface Structure
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Green, Georgia M. – Language, 1976
A number of syntactic constructions claimed by linguists to be restricted to main clauses are shown to occur in a variety of subordinate clause types. It is shown that an adequate solution will involve a complex interaction of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic factors. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Sentence Structure, Surface Structure
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Kazazis, Kostas; Pentheroudakis, Joseph – Language, 1976
Attempts to show that the reduplication of indefinite direct objects is not necessarily ungrammatical but that there are two kinds of indefinite direct objects, specified and non-specified. The former may undergo reduplication, the latter may not. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Albanian, Descriptive Linguistics, Greek, Linguistic Theory
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Solkov, Arnold – College Composition and Communication, 1976
Descriptors: Generative Grammar, Higher Education, Linguistics, Sentence Structure
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Pavel, Thomas G. – Language Sciences, 1973
Analyzes the dramatic structure of Racine's "Phedre" according to linguistic transformations; revised version of a paper presented at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, December 1972. (DD)
Descriptors: Drama, French Literature, Literary Criticism, Seventeenth Century Literature
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Pelosi, Angelo G. – Modern Language Journal, 1973
Urges that a distinction between "grammatical knowledge" and "grammatical description" be maintained in every aspect of language instruction and in preparation of instructional materials. (RL)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Instruction, Structural Grammar
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