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Radford, Andrew – Journal of Linguistics, 1978
All modern Romance languages except Rumanian have a class of causative + infinitive construction in which the infinitive subject surfaces as an agentive. This article investigates the question of how agentivization of the infinitive subject is to be handled in these languages. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Italian, Language Patterns
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Faita, Daniel – Langue Francaise, 1977
A sketch of the development of functionalism in relation to other linguistic theories and a brief analysis of the present state of the research. Topics covered are: form versus function; the impasse between distributional and transformational grammar; and transformational grammar according to Harris. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Deep Structure, Discourse Analysis, Language Research
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Lacey, Andrew – English Language Teaching Journal, 1977
This article proposes use of one aspect of transformational-generative grammar as a simple explanation of the use of English articles. In this method, nouns are analyzed to determine their definiteness and whether they are countable, as tests for using "a" and "the." (CHK)
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages), Language Instruction
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Leduc-Adine, Jean-Pierre – Langue Francaise, 1977
This study has as its point of departure the nature of the passive and the linguistic point of view on it taken by textbooks. Topics treated are; passive voice or sentence; surface and deep structure; passive transformation; its relationship to the message; textbooks and their function. (Text is in French.) (AMH)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, French, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
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Lyons, Christopher – Journal of Linguistics, 1986
Discusses the possessive constructions in English, in particular, the postponed construction. (An example of the postponed construction is "a book of John's," contrasted with "John's book," the preposed construction.) The study contrasts the possessive "of" with the "of" in other constructions and concludes…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Contrastive Linguistics, English, Language Patterns
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McCormick, Terrence C. – Unterrichtspraxis, 1976
This paper explores the auxiliary systems of English and German and the use of the auxiliary verbs in various complex predicate structures in the two languages. It aims at alleviating two types of problems in learning German involving governing patterns and ordering problems in clauses. (CHK)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, German, Language Instruction
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Chu, Chauncey C. – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1973
Revised version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1972. (DD)
Descriptors: Distinctive Features (Language), English, Function Words, Mandarin Chinese
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Kravif, Diane – Linguistics, 1973
Revised version of a paper supported by a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship. The universal base hypothesis states that all natural languages utilize the same base component in their transformational grammars. (DD)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Diagrams, Generative Grammar, Language Universals
Brandt, Per Aage – Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, 1973
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Diagrams, Form Classes (Languages), Mathematical Linguistics
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Sastri, M. I. – Language Sciences, 1973
Descriptors: Creativity, Expressive Language, Figurative Language, Language Patterns
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Cohen, D. – Glossa, 1973
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Content Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics, Linguistic Theory
Hoppe, Otfried – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1972
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, German, Language Ability, Language Instruction
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Noss, R. B. – Language Sciences, 1972
Paper presented before the linguistic section of The Siam Society on May 12, 1971. Stresses the need for grammar theories which do not prevent linguists from identifying unusual syntactic structures in the less-studied languages of the world. (VM)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Language Research
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Grannis, Oliver C. – Language Learning, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Instruction
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Dewart, M. Hezlett – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1972
Findings suggest that there may be social class differences in the rate at which children acquire a mastery of the syntactic rule system of the language. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Comprehension, Deep Structure, Language Acquisition
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