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Non-Sentential Assertions And Semantic Ellipsis, Robert J. Stainton

Robert J. Stainton

No abstract provided.

Latino Performance In Rural Public Schools: Grades 3,6,12, Refugio Rochin, Steve Hampton, Javier Ekboir

Refugio I. Rochin

Using multiple regression analysis, we compare non-Latino vs Latino test scores in rural school districts (grades 3,6,12) to determine the "effects" of Latino concentration, English proficiency, socio-economic status and school funding. We find relatively better test results for Latinos as Latino concentration increases. We provide theoretical hypothesis for more study.

Book Review: Reasoning Agents In A Dynamic World: The Frame Problem. Kenneth M. Ford And Patrick J. Hayes, Eds.,, Jozsef A. Toth

Jozsef A Toth Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

Short Review Of A. A. Al-Nassir (1993) Sibawayh The Phonologist: A Critical Study Of The Phonetic And Phonological Theory Of Sibawayh As Presented In His Treatise Al-Kitab, John J. Mccarthy

John J. McCarthy

No abstract provided.

Extensions Of Faithfulness: Rotuman Revisited, John J. Mccarthy

John J. McCarthy

No abstract provided.

Faithfulness And Reduplicative Identity, John J. Mccarthy, Alan Prince

John J. McCarthy

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction; 2. Correspondence Theory; 3. Correspondence Theory and Overapplication; 4. Factorial Typology; 5. Underapplication; 6. Input-Reduplicant Correspondence; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A: Constraints on Correspondent Elements; Appendix B: Inventory of Overapplying Processes

A Special Case Of Second Language Acquisition: Nthla, Naomi Gurevich

Naomi Gurevich

In investigating the process of language acquisition, researchers differentiate between the acquisition of a learner’s native language (L1) and non-native language. Second Language Acquisition (SLA) has traditionally come to mean any language learned by an individual after the L1. Some researchers have started distinguishing between monolinguals acquiring a second language (2ndLA) and bi- or multi-linguals acquiring another language (NthLA). It is claimed that having undergone the language acquisition process once, multilingual individuals approach this task with a more universal understanding of the rules and forms of language. A review of four studies shows aspects of how NthLA is different from …

On The Grammar Of Body Parts In Koyukon Athabaskan, Chad Thompson

Chad L Thompson Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

L2 Acquisition Of Verb Complementation And Binding Principle B., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.

Feature Checking And Spanish Se., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, J. Bonneau, A. Libert

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.

Le Choix Du Nom D'Enfant En Poitou X1e-X11e Sieèles: L'Importance Des Noms Famillaux, George Beech, E Krawutschke

George T. Beech

Feature Checking And English Particles., Joyce Bruhn De Garavito, J. Bonneau,, A. Libert

Joyce Bruhn de Garavito

No abstract provided.

Cross-Language Synonyms In The Lexicons Of Bilingual Infants: One Language Or Two?, Barbara Zurer Pearson, Sylvia C. Fernandez, D.Kimbrough Oller

Barbara Zurer Pearson

This study tests the widely-cited claim from Volterra & Taeschner (1978), which is reinforced by Clark's Principle of Contrast (1987), that young simultaneous bilingual children reject cross-language synonyms in their earliest lexicons. The rejection of translation equivalents is taken by Volterra & Taeschner as support for the idea that the bilingual child possesses a single-language system which includes elements from both languages. We examine first the accuracy of the empirical claim and then its adequacy as support for the argument that bilingual children do not have independent lexical systems in each language. The vocabularies of 27 developing bilinguals were recorded …

Review Of Deborah Tannen (Ed.) Framing In Discourse, Barbara Johnstone

Barbara Johnstone

No abstract provided.