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Evidence For A Yaguan-Zaparoan Connection, Doris L. Payne

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "This paper examines preliminary evidence regarding the type of the relationship obtaining between Peba-Yaguan and Zaparoan languages. My tentative conclusions are that certain features shared by the Peba-Yaguan and Zaparoan families may be due to a genetic connection, though independent origin cannot be ruled completely out. These features include phonological phenomena, certain transitivity-related verbal suffixes, and postpositional counterparts of some such suffixes."

University Of North Dakota Department Of History: Centennial Newsletter, University Of North Dakota

UND Departmental Histories

This departmental history was written on the occasion of the UND Centennial but not published until 1984.

A Relational Grammar Approach To Kera Syntax, Janet K. Camburn

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the thesis as originally filed with the university:

"Kera is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Chadic family. Verb morphology includes complex tense and aspect marking. Indication of final grammatical relations is by word order, auxiliary prefix agreement with subject, fused pronouns as direct and indirect object, and prepositions to mark indirect objects and obliques. Body parts serve as prepositions and they govern a locative suffix on the noun phrase which they precede.

"A passive construction is described and its analysis defended within the relational grammar framework. Arguments for this analysis are based on term markings discussed above, plus …

Locational Relations In Yagua Narrative, Thomas E. Payne

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "In this paper I will attempt to show that locational relations are specified by rhetorical predicates in the same way as the other relations mentioned above are. I suggest that the paucity of locational and directional relations in lists of rhetorical predicates in previous work is due to the absence of specific morphosyntactic devises for indicating such relations in the languages that most linguists speak."

Front Matter For Sil-Und Work Papers Vol. 28 (1984)

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Alcohol On Encoding Of Prose, Norman A. Kerbel

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Linguistic Complexity And The Development Of Social Speech, Lisa Catherine Light

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Causal Interpretation Level And Perceptions Of The Counseling Process (Attributions, Therapy)., John Llewellyn Kube

Theses and Dissertations

Two forms of causal interpretation, one tentative and one declarative, were compared in this study with each other and with a noninterpretative response to explore their effects on the counseling process. The responses reflect differing levels of causal interpretation, defined by the degree of directiveness or level of counselor input. To examine the effect different counselors might have, each response was presented by a similar male or female counselor.In a randomized group posttest only design, 220 student subjects in two samples viewed a videotaped counseling vignette and completed a rating instrument. Assessed were perceptions of the counselors' attractiveness, expertness, and …

The Central Control Of Directional Fractionation: Lateralized Attentional Processes Indexed By Heart Rate., Anthony Stephen Papciak

Theses and Dissertations

The peripheral electrophysiological manifestation of different attentional systems was investigated by recording heart rate. Two groups were differentiated using the personality variable locus of control. Subjects were given a perceptual task, Navon figures, which had figures that differed on global and analytical features. A warning stimulus (x) cued the subjects to the beginning of each trial. Following this task subjects were trained on viewing line drawings in either a global or an analytic style. The global style required the subject to find the gist or overall theme of the picture and the analytic style required finding three objects in the …

Nonverbal Communication Of Congenitally Blind Adolescents At The North Dakota School For The Blind, Sheila R. Davidson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Reactions Of College Students To Speech Disorders In Males And Females, Timothy Angus Thorne

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

English Intensive Reading Lessons For Chinese College Students, Jie Wang

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Relational Grammar In Teaching English As A Second Language, Jodi Luann Bredahl

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Preschool Teachers' Use Of Language For Distancing (Communication), Margaret Bergan Nardi

Theses and Dissertations

The ability to cognitively separate oneself from the immediate behavioral environment has been identified in the literature as the concept of distancing. It has been suggested that the child's distancing abilities are a reflection of his early experiences with the distancing language of significant others in his environment. Several curricula have been developed that focus on strategies that teachers can employ for facilitating distancing in children. Very little is reported in the literature, however, about the distancing language of teachers in practice. This study investigates the distancing language of six preschool teachers in their talk to preschool age children.The data …

December 1983, University Of North Dakota Alumni Association

ALL: UND Alumni Review Master List

December 1983 issue of "The University of North Dakota Alumni Review." 8 pages

Volume 66, Number 4

Discourse Analysis Of A Michif Narrative, Breck S. Speers

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis offers a transcription and translation of a Michif narrative. Michif is a hybrid language consisting of French noun phrases and Cree verb structures. After the translation of the text, a structural analysis of the text is given based on textual analysis techniques proposed by Roger Schank and Robert Abelson (1977) and Ellen Prince (1979).

The Michif narrative was elicited from a resident of San Clara, Manitoba, Canada, and was transcribed with the help of native Michif speakers involved with the Summer Institute of Linguistics at the University of North Dakota. The concept of the script, a stereotypic chain …

Argumentation In Romans 1-11, Mary Margaret Walker

Theses and Dissertations

This study addresses some of the problems of the Book of Romans in Koine Greek as a source text for a translation, particularly into non-Indo-European languages which do not share common cultural, grammatical or rhetorical conventions with the original audience for which Romans was written. A basic question broached was, "What is argumentation - as a discourse genre, as an act, as a pattern of grammatical reflexes?"

The discourse grammar model of Dr. R. E. Longacre was the main point of departure. Important secondary sources were the work of Teun A. van Dijk on macrostructure; the semantic structure analysis method …

Centennial Commencement: May 15, 1983, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

UND Centennial Commencement program from May 15, 1983.

Politics In Nigeria: The Role Of The Igbos 1960-1980, P.J. Afamefuna Ifedi

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Hemispheric Laterality And Cognitive Style, Christine J. Kuchler

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to determine the nature and degree of relationship between cerebral "hemispheric style" and several traditional dimensions of "cognitive style." A large battery of laterality preference, cognitive style, verbal and nonverbal ability, and selected additional tests was administered to 97 (52 female, 45 male) right-handed undergraduate volunteers, with subsequent analysis of relationships among the measures by simple correlation, factor analysis, and multiple regression methods.

Laterality measures included the Zenhausern, Verbalizer-Visualizer Questionnaire, and a lateral eye movement observation measure. Data analyses utilized individual laterality test scores as well as a composite "laterality index." Eleven cognitive …

An Investigation Of Semantic Invariance In Human Speech, David Burton Tarr

Theses and Dissertations

The present investigation addresses the hypothesis of phonetic symbolism in human speech. As a psycholinguistic and epistemological concept, the phonetic symbol is understood to be a structural a priori in sound which correlates with the semantic properties of physiognomic, muscular tension. An extension of this hypothesis is the assumption that phonemes without conventional meaning in a language can approximate semantic equivalence of ordinary words under appropriate experimental conditions.

This dissertation explores the psychodynamic parameters of phonetic symbol access. Specifically, it makes use of a variety of clinical and experimental tools to tap instinctual processes which could conceivably contribute to phonetic …

Values And Academic Achievement Among Rural Indian High School Students In North Dakota, Janet Lee Clark

Theses and Dissertations

Literature relating to American Indian formal education reveals that throughout much of history, the majority culture has stressed assimilation in the educational process. Indian students have been encouraged to give up their values and embrace the values of majority culture members. However, for the majority of Indian people, the goals of assimilation have not been realized. Indians have retained unique cultural values.

This study was designed to systematically investigate the role of differential values in the educational process of rural North Dakota Indian high school students. High school students and their teachers from seven schools were surveyed in group testing …

Perceptual Styles Of Left- And Right-Lookers, Joann C. Russell

Theses and Dissertations

The left and right hemispheres have unique modes of processing data: the former verbal-analytic, the latter spatial-holistic. Dominant direction of lateral eye movement on answering reflective questions has been interpreted as indicating differential contralateral hemispheric activation and, by inference, predominant reliance on one or the other mode.

This study tested the hypothesis that neurological organization of the brain underlies and unifies individual perceptual, cognitive, and personality style differences. Right-lookers were expected to be more obsessive-compulsive and to obtain a predicted pattern of test scores congruent with left hemispheric characteristics, while left-lookers were expected to be more hysteroid and to obtain …

The Total Physical Response Method : A Foreign Language Instructional Method That Attempts To Reduce Student Stress And Accelerate Language Acquisition, George Kenneth Taus Iii

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

No abstract provided.

Ergativity And Transitivity In Paumarí, Desmond C. Derbyshire

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "Paumarí, a Brazilian language belonging to the Arawaken family, has a split case-marking system of a type which, so far as I am aware, has not been previously reported. The ergative system occurs in clauses having the basic word order pattern, or in clauses where a significant part of the basic pattern is preserved. The nominative-accusative system occurs in clauses where other word orders are used. For the purpose of this paper, by "basic word order" I mean the pragmatically least marked and statistically most frequent order.

"Dixon (1979, 79-80) explains all split case systems in semantic …

Advancements To Direct Object In Chi-Mwi:Ni, Donald G. Frantz

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

No abstract provided.

Aztec Causative/Applicatives In Space Grammar, David H. Tuggy

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "There are in Aztecan generally a number of verbal suffixes which function as causatives or as applicatives. (Applicatives often translate by "dative movement" structures in other languages.) Some of these suffixes are usually causatives, others are usually applicatives, but all function at times in both categories. All also function as verbalizing suffixes, mostly on nouns but often on adjectives and postpositions as well. in each case the suffix has a constant phonological shape and constant morphological properties such as position-class in the verb, conditioning of stem-formation rules, pattern of tense-formation, etc., which make it desirable to treat …

In Rhetoric The Passage From A To B Is Not Equal To Passage From B To A, Kenneth L. Pike

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

No abstract provided.

On The Variants Of Newari Vowels: A Study In Phonological Non-Alignment, Lindsay Criper Friedman, Tej Ratna Kansakar, Jyoti Tuladhar, Austin Hale

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "Newari vowels display marked individualistic tendencies. There is a prominent asymmetry in the relation between long and short vowels in that there are six short vowels, /i, e, ā, a, o, u/, but eight long vowels, /ii, ee, ae, āe, aa, āā, oo, uu/. More interesting for this study, however, is the fact that no two of these vowels respond to exactly the same set of low level phonetic rules, or are influenced in manifesting one phonetic exponent or another by the same set of phonological environments. In this paper we explore these phonetic differences in the …

Typological Disharmony And Ergativity In Guajajara, Carl H. Harrison

Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session

From the introduction: "The purpose of this paper is to present some results of research on Guajajara (G), a Tupi-Guarani language of Northeast Brazil, with the hope of contributing some facts of interest to universal grammarians.

"Guajajara is unique in that due to its particular combination of morphological and syntactic traits, it is inconsistent in terms of commonly discussed typological parameters.

"Some features of interest are: 1. Double cross-referencing of core NPs. a. General accusativity in cross-referencing pronominal clitics attached to the end of the clauses. b. Mixed ergativity with accusativity in the cross-referencing pronominal verb prefixes.

2. Registration in …