Orthographical Markers of Long Vowels and Diphthongs in English
This article is intended for those who use English as an international language. They need to be made aware of some of the orthographical devices within the English language that designate long and short vowels. Long vowels under diphthongization and a subsequent vowel shift. They emerge as different sound patterns from short vowels. These differences are described in this article. The focus audience is for medical practitioners of English as an international language.
Understanding Verbal Paths in Medical English
Generative linguists developed the concept of verbal paths. This insight into the organization of the syntactic patterns of verbs of motion in English is useful for students of international English. The focus audience is for medical practitioners of English as an international language.
Traditional Approaches to Syntax
This is a chapter of a forthcoming book that reviews the various models of linguistic theory.
X-Bar Theory
This theoretical model of syntax is concerned with the abstraction and the generalization of the categories within a phrase structure grammar.
Government-Binding Theory
This theoretical model of syntax has to do with the movement of constructions within a generative grammar. .
English Metrical Phonology
This is a reworking of several articles on English phonology. This was written as a didactic instrument for my linguistic courses.