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A New Look At New Nodes: Scope Of Predication And Surface Structure Parsing In Natural Language, Lon Diehl

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

This paper is an attempt to point out, however sketchily, a striking distribution of order regularities in the non-argument material of strings in natural language surface structure. A tentative attempt is made to provide for this apparently diverse range of related phenomena a unitary characterization.

Lexical Recycling In Chewa Discourse: Aspects Of Linguistic Form And Function In The Surface Realization Of A Narrative Organizational Model, Ernst R. Wendland

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

From the introduction: "The limitations of a purely linguistic description of an oral performance [...] do not deny the fact that careful linguistic studies can perform a valuable service in the exposition of both the form and meaning of the total communicative complex. It is the purpose of this paper, then, to substantiate that claim by applying a number of the insights and techniques of discourse analysis procedures [...] to a selected group of Chewa narratives. Each of these stories features an organizational model which is quite common among the Bantu-speaking peoples of Central and South Africa. Essentially, this model …

Evidence For Raising In Koine Greek, Stephen A. Marlett

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

From the introduction: "Research in generative grammar has uncovered two types of rules. Some have been found to operate in numerous totally unrelated languages and so they have been called universal rules. Others are limited to individual languages or language families and supply the more superficial aspects of word and sentence form of that particular language. These are called language-specific rules.

"In Section 2 of this paper I will illustrate how this theory can be helpful in explaining English sentences. Having done that, I will then argue the same for Koine Greek."

The Use Of Secondary Verbs By Five-, Seven- And Nine-Year-Old Children, Beverly O'Shea

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Secondary Verb Usage Of Eleven-Year-Old Children, Ellen L. Neset

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Space Case: Some Principles And Their Implications Concerning Linear Order In Natural Language, Lon Diehl

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

From the introduction: "I hope that [...] the reader will be able to follow and will find profit in this attempt to penetrate through some deep regularities of ordering in linguistic representations (deep and shallow trees and strings) to the cognitive principles which seem to underlie them."

Nasalization In Sharanahua, Eugene E. Loos

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

From the introduction: "The nasalization of vowels in Sharanahua can be explained on the basis of consonants present in the underlying form of the morphemes, but the underlying consonants are not always nasal consonants. The explanation proposed here for oral consonants producing nasal vowels exploits the notion of sequential constraint rules ordered among or after other phonological rules."

Three Different Predicate Relationships That Underlie Some Surface Structure Possessives In English, Eugene E. Loos

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

No abstract provided.

Front Matter For Sil-Und Work Papers Vol. 19 (1975)

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

No abstract provided.

Political Roles And Political Crisis : Americans And Watergate, Todd C. Hanson

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No abstract provided.

Nonverbal Responses Of Internal And External Subjects To Nonverbal Interviewer Cues., Constance B. Severson

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No abstract provided.

Subordinating And Coordinating Particles In Lakhota, Wolfgang Corduan

Theses and Dissertations

In her Dakota Texts Ella Deloria appears to be using cha and chanke interchangeably. The goal of this paper is to show that the difference lies in the realm of subordination. For this purpose other languages have been examined to detect how subordination is marked in them. Both German and English are shown to mark subordinate clauses overtly, but Lakhota markers are not so apparent. Subordination is formally defined in a Generative Semantic framework and pertinent works on Lakhota grammar are reviewed. The solution implied by Boas and Deloria that cha is a subordinator is accepted and proven to be …

The Relationships Of Achievement Scores In Reading And Language Arts And Selected Variables For Ninth Grade Students In Selected North Dakota Schools, Myra Detweiler Morris

Theses and Dissertations

Problem

The problem was to determine which factors had an effect upon the mean language arts, reading and composite scores reported for ninth grade students in selected accredited North Dakota high schools.

Purpose

The study was designed to:

1. 1. Determine what relationships might exist between achievement scores in reading and language arts, as measured by the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED), and various selected educational and demographic variables.
2. 2. Determine whether and the degree to which change in achievement levels had occurred from 1971 to 1972 and 1973.
3. 3. Determine what differences in mean achievement scores existed between schools …

Ella Deloria: A Biographical Sketch And Literary Analysis, Janette K. Murray

Theses and Dissertations

Ella Deloria, a Dakota born on the Yankton Reservation in 1888, was a teacher, speaker, author, and researcher in linguistics and anthropology. One purpose. of this study ·was to present a description of her family background, education, and career. Most of this information was gathered by interviews with her relatives, friends, former students, and professional acquaintances. A second.purpose was to analyze her writings on the language and culture of the Dakota people and to determine her contributions to existing publications by others.

The ancestors of Ella Deloria played important roles in the history of South Dakota. Her great-grandfather, Philippe des …

A Correlation Study Of The Northwestern Syntax Screening Test And The Grammatic Closure Subtest Of The Illinois Test Of Psycholinguistic Abilities, Karen M. Thompson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the Grammatic Closure (GC) subtest of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) and both the receptive and expressive portions of the Northwestern Syntax Screening; Test (NSST-R) (NSST-E). Another aim of this study was to obtain an indication as to whether or not these assessments are more strongly a measure of visual or of auditory comprehension.

The subjects included thirty-eight, children selected from Sacred Heart School in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. The subjects were screened according to established criteria and all subjects who failed to meet the requirements were …

The League Of Arab States And Its Role In The Arab World, Lutfi M. Tayeb

Theses and Dissertations

This paper is concerned with the Arab League and its role in the Arab world. Its primary concern is with Arab unity, the Palestine problem, Arab disputes, and cooperation among Arab states.

Since the establishment of the League in 1945 as an organization through which the various Arab states could work together by voluntary cooperation in all spheres, and as a means toward achievement of Arab unity, many important developments in the Arab world, both in the internal and external fields took place, and led to instability in the Arab world.

The political and social revolutions in the Arab world …

How Stated Purposes For Reading Affect Reading Comprehension Scores Of Fifth Grade Students In A Midwestern Suburban School District, Larry M. Brady

Theses and Dissertations

The Problem: The purpose of this investigation was to study the performance of fifth grade students on reading comprehension under two conditions: (1) when stated purposes for reading were provided prior to reading, and (2) when stated purposes were not provided prior to reading. A second purpose of the investigation was to determine whether the effect of providing purposes for reading is different at various cognitive levels.

The Procedure: The sample for this investigation was comprised of students enrolled in the thirty-two fifth grade classrooms of Independent School District #191, Burnsville, Minnesota. The subjects were assigned by classroom unit to …

An Analytical Comparison Of Student Achievement In Pitman Shorthand And Pitman Shorterhand, Lucette Paquette Sscj

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Multidimensional Perceptions As Predictors Of Successful Adjustment For Mentally Retarded Adults And Psychiatric Patients, David L. Hanson

Theses and Dissertations

Six investigations ware conducted to determine the efficacy of employing modifications of the Multidimensional Evaluation Structure Analysis (MESA) methodology to the predictive task of assessing potential vocational outcome for mentally retarded adults and psychiatric patients. Five of the investigations dealt xvLth mentally retarded adults who were seeking or had obtained vocational placement positions. A sixth investigation dealt with psychiatric patients (inpatients and outpatients) and their probable community adjustment success.

Each of the six subject groups (referred to as stimulus-persons) were evaluated by their respective judge group from four different agencies. The SS-1 and SS-2 stimulus-person groups (N = 10 and …

Text Vs. Dictionary Letter Frequencies For Primers, Kenneth D. Smith

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

From the introduction, "The following enquiry [...] gives greater insight into Sedang phonemics, may have application to other languages, and may clarify a theoretical point in regard to frequency counts."

A Proposed Structural Model, David D. Thomas

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

No abstract provided.

Mikasuki Verb Prefixes, David West

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

No abstract provided.

Serial Verbs In Surinam Creoles, George L. Huttar

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

From the introduction: "Williams (1971) has pointed out some specific resemblances between Krio and the Kwa languages of West Africa with regard to [the above] constructions. The obvious conclusion that one is tempted to draw is an answer to a question about origins, namely, Krio must have aquired this set of syntactic features from the influence of Kwa languages. Whether that is the correct evaluation of the resemblance between Krio and Kwa, however, must be determined by the answers to some other questions, such as the following:

• How widespread are identical or similar constructions in other [pidgins and creoles]?
• How …

A Computer Analysis Of Vietnam Language Relationships, Kenneth D. Smith

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

No abstract provided.

Number In The Mikasuki Verb Stem, David West

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

No abstract provided.

A Note On English Plural Formation, Richard Rhodes

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

No abstract provided.

Magindanao Penultimate Vowels, Jerry Eck

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

From the introduction, "Earlier phonemic analysis of Magindanao (Eck, Ms) has shown that four vowels [...] can be contrasted in stressed and unstressed ante-penultimate and ultimate syllables. This paper discusses the vowel contrasts in stressed and unstressed penultimate syllables."

Batteries At Other Ranks, David D. Thomas

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

From the introduction: "The structure and use of transformational batteries and paradigms at the clause rank (clause level) has been discussed for ten years (see bibliography in Thomas 1973). It has been becoming steadily more apparent that the theory is relevant also to other ranks besides the clause. This paper is a preliminary presentation of transformational batteries and paradigms at other ranks."

The Dual Structural Criterion Reviewed, Thomas Bearth

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

From the introduction: "The dual structural criterion (referred to henceforth as DSC) is a solidly established piece of discovery procedure in tagmemic methodology. Its basic usefulness and empirical adequacy is reflected in a great number of tagmemic descriptions, whether the authors explicitly refer to it or not.

"There are, however, two major limitations to the usefulness of the dual structural criterion: the first pertains to its application as a practical tool of analysis, the second, to its theoretical status. I shall try to show that the two weaknesses are interrelated."

Some Choctaw Sentence Structures, Stephen M. Swartz

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

From the introduction: "Being somewhat familiar with Longacre's case grammar approach to clause analysis, (Longacre, 1974), I felt it would be helpful to apply his sentence level techniques to the study of Choctaw. Longacre presents a binary, eight-part framework within which he groups all the various types of sentence combinations. [...] I chose to concentrate on the first four deep structures which find their counterparts in formal logic. Basically, conjoining and alternation are non-sequential deep structures while temporal and implication are sequential."