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Gale, Irma F. – Elem Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, English Instruction, Language Arts, Linguistic Competence
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Taylor, Talbot J. – Language Sciences, 1997
Focuses on theories concerning the origin of language. The article indicates that the language-origins theories most favored in contemporary science all have their roots in the intellectual preoccupations of the early scientists and philosophers of the European Enlightenment. The article concludes that the origin of language myth reveals itself as…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries
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Noguchi, Rei R. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1987
Argues that, from a transformational-generative perspective, errors in writing mechanics (such as run-on sentences, comma splices, and errors in subject-verb agreement) persist because writing instructors do not exploit students' language ability. Describes how transformational grammar is useful in correcting errors in sentence mechanics. (MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
Winser, Bill – 1988
The inadequacies of traditional and transformational models of grammar are overcome in the systemic-functional approach of Halliday, where meaning is built into the grammar and the text is the basic unit. Here, the functional approach is seen in the stress on the role of social/cultural context and in the importance of the role of register, which…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cultural Context, Educational Research, Grammar
Bailly, Danielle – Langages, 1975
Shows the limitations of current foreign language teaching methods, particularly the audiolingual one. Unites certain findings of psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology and transformational grammar to construct a language teaching model. Examples of English verbs and nominals being taught to French children illustrate the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Nouns
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1986
Linguistics is the study of human language, and has several major divisions: formal linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, and applied linguistics. Formal linguistics is the study of grammar, or the development of theories about how language works and is organized. Within formal linguistics there are three major schools of thought:…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Definitions, Information Sources, Language Research
Girard, Denis – Incorporated Linguist, 1975
Gives a brief overview of FL teaching, from the prelinguistic to the linguistic era, and discusses the advent of an era characterized by an eclectic approach which makes full use of all linguistic data, without being subservient to any linguistic theory, and gives full importance to sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic considerations. Available…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiovisual Aids, Language Instruction, Modern Languages
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Bastuji, J. – Langue Francaise, 1975
Discusses the role of linguistics in the study of phrase structure or expressive communication. Various linguistic approaches, including transformational grammar, structural linguistics, and the sociolinguistic approach, are discussed in connection with communication instruction. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Expressive Language, Linguistic Theory, Semantics
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Stein, Jack M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1975
This article briefly examines structural and transformational theories and their associations with other theories, particularly learning psychology. The implications of each position for FL teaching are examined, and it is suggested that teachers enrich structurally based audiolingual techniques with experimental infusions from the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Generative Grammar, Language Instruction
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Woodbury, Hanni – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1975
In Onondaga and all northern Iroquoian languages, nouns can be incorporated into verbs. The function of this is semantic as well as syntactic. It is semantic in that the sense of an incorporated noun will be narrower than its unincorporated counterpart regardless of modifiers. Incorporation changes the transformational structure of the sentence.…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Morphology (Languages), Nouns, Phrase Structure
Gallagher, Joseph W. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Age Differences, Exceptional Child Research, Language Ability, Mental Retardation
GALE, IRMA FRANCES – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO COMPARE THE COMPLEXITY OF WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS OF FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN A LINGUISTICALLY-ORIENTED LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM WITH THE COMPLEXITY OF THE WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS OF STUDENTS WHO WERE TAUGHT TRADITIONAL GRAMMAR. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP AND A CONTROL GROUP WERE EACH COMPOSED OF 32 STUDENTS AND WERE EQUALIZED…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 5, Grammar, Language Arts
KITZHABER, ALBERT R.
THESE FOUR TESTS--"MORE ABOUT QUESTIONS,""THE NEGATIVE,""EXPANSION OF TRANSITIVE VERBS," AND "DETERMINERS"--WERE DESIGNED BY THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER FOR A NINTH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. THEY ARE INTENDED TO ACCOMPANY CURRICULUM UNITS AVAILABLE AS ED 010 829 AND ED 010 830. (MM)
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), English Curriculum, English Instruction, Grade 9
Bhat, K. V. T. – Newsletter of Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, 1978
The properties of "do", its distribution and meaning, are discussed. "Do" is one of the most common error-zones for Indian learners of English. Two analyses of "do" which account for the distribution and meaning of this element are presented. According to the transformational approach, "do" is introduced in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Phrase Structure
BATEMAN, DONALD R.; ZIDONIS, FRANK J. – 1966
AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED, OVER A 2-YEAR PERIOD, AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL TO TEST THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF A STUDY OF A GENERATIVE GRAMMAR ON STUDENT COMPOSITIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR CURRICULUM, AN EXPERIMENTAL CLASS OF 50 NINTH-GRADERS (AND 10TH-GRADERS THE FOLLOWING YEAR) WAS REQUIRED TO LEARN TRANSFORMATIONAL-GENERATIVE…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English Instruction, Grade 10, Grade 9
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