Thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-180).

Revision of the author's Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140).

The purpose of this study was to investigate which of 26 prepositions are acquired expressively by educable mentally retarded children. This study was designed to 'determine if there was a significant difference between the number of prepositions expressed by an EMR sample and those expressed by normals of similar mental age, and if the same prepositions were used by the two groups at given mental ages. The correlation between chronological age and the number of prepositions expressed by the EMR population was also investigated.

This study investigated the effect of first language (L1) transfer on Arabic ESL learners' acquisition of the relative clauses, the passive voice and the definite article. I used Contrastive Analysis (CA) and Error Analysis (EA) to analyze 50 papers written by Arabic ESL students at the ACTFL Advanced Mid proficiency level. The analysis was paired with interviews with five advanced students to help determine whether L1 transfer was, in fact, influencing students' errors predicted by CA. Students in this study made L1 errors along with other errors. Although no statistical difference was found between the frequency of transfer and other (non-transfer) errors, L1 transfer errors were still common for many learners in this data. The frequency of the relative clause L1 transfer errors was slightly higher than other errors. However, passive voice L1 errors were as frequent as other errors whereas definite article L1 errors were slightly less frequent than other errors. The analysis of the interviews suggested that L1 still played a crucial role in influencing learners errors. The analysis also suggested that the frequency of transfer errors in the papers used in this study might have been influenced by CA-informed instruction students received and students' language level. Specifically, learners reported that both factors helped them reduce the frequency of L1 transfer errors in their writing. The teaching implications of this study include familiarizing language instructors with possible sources of errors for Arabic ESL learners. Language instructors should try to identify sources of errors by conducting their own analyses or consulting existing literature on CA paired with EA. Finally, I recommend adopting a CA-informed instruction to help students reduce and overcome errors that are influenced by their L1.

Mémoire (M.Ling.)-- Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 1992. / Ce mémoire a été réalisé à l'UQAC dans le cadre du programme de maîtrise en linguistique de l'Unniversité Laval extensionné à l'UQAC. CaQCU Bibliogr.: f. 113-117. Document électronique également accessible en format PDF. CaQCU

Submitted by Biblioteca Central (biblioteca@unicap.br) on 2018-07-10T13:56:23Z No. of bitstreams: 2 aurineide_profirio_barros_correia.pdf: 1436793 bytes, checksum: 0eefb2a5d00347a7a1e61980c4819c5f (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-10T13:56:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 aurineide_profirio_barros_correia.pdf: 1436793 bytes, checksum: 0eefb2a5d00347a7a1e61980c4819c5f (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-10-02 / This work, of qualitative nature, exploratory measures, based on study of case aims to analyze the dêixis in the construction of meaning in comments alluding to the Northeast on sports sites. It is based on the ennunciative perspective of language supported on the theory of Enunciation of Émile Benveniste. To this aim, we examined six comments that allude to the Northeast, running sports sites, watching as the dêiticos elements, in their personal, spatial and temporal levels contribute to the representation of subjectivity in the language, since these elements are interpreted with reference to the situation may include and refer to anything linguistic, not exclusively referring to an object or concept. It is relevant to highlight that Benveniste foccused on a strand of analysis of language in use, in action, in his example, dimension and this peculiarity directed our attention to the implications of this design language in the teaching of Portuguese Language, in which the text assumes an active role of building directions, requiring the interaction of their interlocutors. In this understanding, the design of Benveniste about the study of the language implies a relationship that justifies the use of, or the choice of certain words in speech by a guy, revealing, in your semantic aspect the establishment of the relationship of the signs with the conditions of an utterance, that determines the meaning in the light of oppositions imposed within the linguistic system and outside it. Benveniste stresses the dêixis (personal, spatial and temporal) as explicit brand relative to the subject with the statement, highlighting that these elements relate to the reality of speech and can only be identified in terms of locution, involving the relations of subjectivity that comprise locutor and a alocutario stabilished for him. The analysis of the data revealed that the meaning of an utterance is given by the possibility of sintagmatics choices made by a locutor that appropriates the language and sets out its position of subject when self declares "I" and set up a "you" in a given discursive space and time. Understanding the actions of these brands in the comments analyzed provides a reflection on the language in use and its mediation, providing ways to conceive the language and its methodological implications in the teaching of Portuguese Language. / Este trabalho, de natureza qualitativa, de cunho exploratório, baseado em estudo de caso, tem por objetivo analisar a dêixis no processo de construção de sentidos em comentários alusivos ao Nordeste em sites esportivos. Apoia-se na perspectiva enunciativa da linguagem e tem como base a Teoria da Enunciação de Émile Benveniste. Para tanto, analisamos seis comentários que fazem alusão ao Nordeste, veiculados em sites esportivos, observando como os elementos dêiticos, em seus níveis pessoal, espacial e temporal contribuem para a representação da subjetividade na linguagem, visto que esses elementos são interpretados com referência à situação enunciativa e referem-se a algo exclusivamente linguístico, não remetendo a um objeto ou conceito específico. Faz-se relevante destacar que Benveniste deteve-se em uma vertente de análise da língua em uso, em ação, em sua dimensão enunciativa, e essa peculiaridade direcionou nosso olhar para as implicações dessa concepção linguística no ensino da Língua Portuguesa, na qual o texto assume um papel ativo de construção de sentidos, necessitando da interação de seus interlocutores. Nesse entendimento, a concepção benvenistiana do estudo da língua implica estabelecer uma relação que justifique o uso ou a escolha de determinadas palavras assumidas no discurso por um sujeito, revelando, em seu aspecto semântico o estabelecimento da relação dos signos com as condições de um enunciado, que determina a significação em função de oposições instituídas no interior do sistema linguístico e exterior a ele. Benveniste destaca a dêixis (pessoal, espacial e temporal) como marca explícita da relação do sujeito com o enunciado, evidenciando que esses elementos referem-se à realidade do discurso e só podem ser identificados em termos de locução, envolvendo, assim, as relações de subjetividade que compreendem locutor e um alocutário por ele instituído. A análise dos dados revelou que o sentido de um enunciado se dá pela possibilidade das escolhas sintagmáticas agenciadas por um locutor que se apropria da língua e enuncia a sua posição de sujeito ao declarar-se “eu” e instaurar um “tu” em um determinado espaço e tempo discursivo. O entendimento enunciativo dessas marcas nos comentários analisados proporciona uma reflexão sobre a língua em uso e a sua mediação, possibilitando modos de se conceber a linguagem e suas implicações metodológicas no ensino da Língua Portuguesa.

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This thesis focuses on connotative meaning routinely ignored or difficult to locate in the available ESL textbooks and dictionaries. This perceived absence led to the following study: a review of ESL textbooks, a review of standard monolingual English and learner dictionaries, and a survey of ESL instructors.

The phrasal verb is a unique type of verb phrase that consists of a main verb, usually of only one or two syllables, followed by a particle, that works as a single semantic unit. Such meaning, however, is characteristically expressed in idomatic terms, which poses a formidable problem for students of English as a second language. To be understood, this meaning must be figuratively interpreted as well as literally translated.

Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis. / bibl.; diags.; Typescript (processed). eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 442-447).