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Object Initial Languages, Desmond C. Derbyshire, Geoffrey K. Pullum

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

From the introduction: "The purpose of the present paper is to present some facts that have come to our attention recently concerning a number of Amerindian languages which we believe do exhibit object-initial basic orders. The languages we shall discuss belong to South American Indian groups which are known to have suffered more or less catatrophic decline in numbers due to the onslaught of European settlement in the New World over the past five hundred years (see Hemming 1978). Since the historical accident of European colonial expansionism has had such a devastating effect in this case, linguists might be well …

Grammatical Relations In Universal Grammar, Donald G. Frantz

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

From the introduction: "[W]e shall look at a number of recurring language phenomena involving grammatical relations. Because most of these allow a universal formulation only in terms of relational networks rather than linear or constituent structures, we shall make use of Postal and Perlmutter's promising framework, generally referred to as Relational Grammar (RG)."

Reduplication And Accent In Southeastern Tepehuan, Elizabeth R. Willett

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

From the introduction: "In the early stages of analysis, Southeastern Tepehuan (SET) vowel length appeared to be conditioned by accent. Although accent fell in a majority of words on closed syllables, there were so many exceptions that no general statement could be made. Thus accent was relegated to being a feature of the underlying character of roots. Reduplicated forms, however, were a confusing body of unpredictable accent; if accent were phonemic, why did it occur on the root syllable of some forms, and on the reduplicated syllable in others? Some plurals were judged irregular because they seemed to lose or …

A Burkeian Analysis Of Selected Sermons Of F. Halsey Ambrose, Rodney A. Danielson

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Using It! : A Study Of Language Use Among Children, Karen Sigrid Topp

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Structural Complexity Of Oral And Written Language Of Sixth Grade Children, Cynthia Mae Rubbelke

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Perceptions Of Students' Self And Ideal Self By Teachers And Students At The Red Lake Indian Reservation, Janet Lee Sullivan

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Historical And Cultural Background Of The Turtle Mountain Band Of Chippewa Indians For Teachers, Margaret Ann Bearking

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The Effect Of Composition Instruction On Students' Ability To Compose At The Typewriter In Second Semester Beginning Typewriting., Shirley Ann Hatcher

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Structural Complexity Of Oral And Written Language Of Fourth Grade Children, Laurene B. Heintz

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A Study Of Content In The Language Performance Of Pre-School Children, Cynthia Anne Mooibroek

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An Investigation Of Elicitation Materials For One-Minute Start-Stop Language Sampling, Karen Louise Buelow

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Voice And A Generative Rhetoric Of Metavocal Modes : A Stylistic Study Of Nathalie Sarraute's Vous Les Entendez? And Maria Jolas' Translation, Do You Hear Them?, Lowell James Gallagher

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Thai Language Lessons, Jane Leslie Hermanson

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

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The Phonology Of Texmelucan Zapotec Verb Irregularity, Charles H. Speck

Theses and Dissertations

The phonological rules governing Texmelucan Zapotec verb allomorphy are presented here as part of the phonological component of a generative grammar of the type conceived of by Chomsky and Halle but modified by Stampe, Rhodes and others. This modified theoretical framework has been referred to as natural phonology. Basic to the theory of natural phonology is Stampe's observation that two distinctive types of phonological principles operate in natural languages: natural processes which are innate and rules which are learned. The natural phonemic level is seen to relate to these principles.

In section 1: Lower Level Phonology, those principles which operate …

The Warsaw Church And Community, Center Of Polish Culture In North Dakota., Kevin Dunlevy

Undergraduate Theses and Senior Projects

It is the intention of this paper to trace Polish culture from its early roots in Inda-European culture, through the Early Slavic Period and the Polish state to the period of Polish emigration. The paper will follow the Polish immigrants to North Dakota and focus on the history of the primary Polish settlement in North Dakota, the community of Warsaw. Finally, there will be a history and description of the St. Stanislaus Church, Warsaw, the center of Polish culture.

The methods employed in this thesis include a study of early Slavic and Polish history, attendance at St. Stanislaus Church for …

A Comparative Study Of Academic Achievement Of Full-Blood And Mixed-Blood Indian Students, Paul J. Comeau

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Some Implications Of Piaget's Work For The Elementary Teacher, Alice T. Clark

Journal of Teaching and Learning

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Aspects Of Seri Phonology, Stephen A. Marlett

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

From the introduction: "In the following sections I will discuss the presence of the surface segments W, kw, Xw, ŋ, and nasalization, and the status of the phoneme /w/ in present-day Seri. I will also discuss other prominent aspects of Seri phonology, especially those features in which this analysis differs from that of Moser and Moser 1965."

Front Matter For Sil-Und Work Papers Vol. 22 (1978)

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

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Notes On Diuxi Mixtec Tone, John P. Daly

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

From the introduction: "In this paper I give a brief description of a reanalysis of the tone system of Diuxi Mixtec previously analyzed by Eunice Pike and Joy Oram (1976). Their analysis is heavily influenced by their conception of probably phonetic manifestations of tone, whereas my analysis is more influenced by morphophonemic considerations. Giving more attention to morphophonemic considerations in determining tone phonemes makes possible a simpler account of the morphophonemics of tone. This account, however, is not at the expense of phonetic simplicity but is compatible with a phonetically reasonable and relatively simple account of allphonic processes."

The Modalis Case In Iñupiat, Wolf Seiler

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

From the introduction: "Eskimo has a set of six post-positions which traditionally have been called a "case system" by Eskimologists. It is my purpose to demonstrate the uses of one of these, the modalis case, and to interpret them within the framework of Relational Grammar."

Some Discourse Features In Siberian Yupik Eskimo Narrative, David C. Shinen, Marilene R. Shinen

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

From the introduction: "This paper presents a tentative analysis of some features of narrative discourse including four discourse markers in Central Siberian Yupik Eskimo (CSY)."

Melville's Sea Vocabulary: A Commentary And A Glossed Concordance., Jill Barnum Gidmark

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A Survey Of English Loanword Usage In The Spoken German Language Of German-Russians In North Dakota, Allen L. Spiker

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Jose Ruben Romero's Mi Caballo, Mi Perro Y Mi Rifle : A First Literary Translation, Barbara Louise Egan Ballou

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The Particle T'Ah In Slavey Discourse, Carl H. Harrison, Victor P. Monus

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

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The Point-Line Dimension: A Way Of Looking At Some Aspects Of The Referential System In Indonesian, H. Bambang Kaswanti Purwo

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

From the introduction: "There exist, in Indonesian, certain pairs of forms where, although each member of the pair can be given the same gloss in a language such as English, there is a contrast in meaning between the members of the pairs not easily captured in simple glosses. These distinctions turn out to be difficult to grasp for a person who is not an Indonesian."

Texmelucan Zapotec Suprasegmental Phonology, Charles H. Speck

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

From the introduction: "Speaking of general characteristics of tone languages, William S-Y-Wang (1967) points out some basic differences between the types of tone found in language areas of the world. Among other things, he notes that for some languages tone functions primarily to make lexical distinctions with the Sino Tibetan family being cited as examples of this type. For other languages tone functions primarily on the grammatical level. Otomanguean languages are cited as examples of this type. In light of this fact, it is not surprising that two types of tone perturbation need to be distinguished in Texmelucan Zapotec, hereafter …

The Journey To Solipaz: A Study Of B. Traven's Fiction., Richard Eugene Mezo

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No abstract provided.