Many scholars have proposed concepts relevant to spatial reference. Herskovits (1982) proposed that the topological concepts support, contiguity and containment are basic in English, while Levinson et al.'s (2003) examination of nine unrelated languages revealed that the concept attachment is primary. Neither of these proposals is confirmed in…

Morpheme distribution is declared sufficiently independent of phonological considerations to warrant a theory of autonomous morphology. The "maximal nesting principle" proposed requires that each affix be attached to a new nonterminal node. This principle forces a new analysis of "-ate" derived verbs and eliminates the morphological abstractions…

The ordering of bound Dakota person affixes is discussed. Data are introduced showing that the ordering is patient before agent. Schwarz suggests that the ordering refers strictly to person. An overview of the Dakota verb system and related points are also discussed. (PMJ)

Raises questions regarding the conclusions reached in the previous article. (JB)

Suggests that teaching of Russian phonology and morphology be based on the twelve vowel-units and twenty consonant-units that are the basis of conventional Russian spelling. Paradigms of inflected words should be presented in terms of stems plus endings. (CHK)

Revised version of a paper, Restrictions on Phonetically-Plausible Rules in Phonology'', presented at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Atlanta, Georgia, December 28, 1972. (DD)

Tenth of a regular series on contemporary Russian word formation, this article gives examples of: 1) four types of standard formation, 2) rare cases where compounds are produced with no combining vowel, and 3) appositive noun compounds. (Text is in German.) (TL)

Typical contemporary ways of forming word derivations and composite words in French are outlined and discussed, and the distinctions between different types of composites are noted. (MSE)

Recently collected evidence shows the likely existence of twelve South American Indian languages with object-initial word order. This is contrary to what had been generally predicted in the literature on word order typology before 1977. Numerous examples are provided of OVS (Object-Verb-Subject) and OSV (Object-Subject-Verb) word order, primarily…

The nature and source of onomatopeic words in Spanish are discussed in order of decreasing resemblance to the sound imitated. The first group of onomatopeic words are the interjections, in which sound effects and animal sounds are expressed. Repetition is often used to enhance the effect. The second group includes verbs and nouns derived from the…

Investigates the influence of the prefix "o-/ob-" on the choice of case for nominal objects of prefixed verbs, using a semantic field analysis. Focuses on four semantic functions: (1) objective; (2) locative; (3) factitive; and (4) comparative. The results are useful both to theoretical linguists and to teachers of Russian. (LMO)

By analyzing the lexicology of natural language (English or other languages as they are commonly spoken or written), as compared to computer languages, this study explored the extent to which syntactic and semantic levels of linguistic analysis can be implemented and effectively used on microcomputers. In Phase I of the study, the Apple IIe with…

The Kutchins are a group of Athapaskan Indians who live in an area between the East Fork of the Chandalar River in Alaska and the Mackenzie River in Canada. Eight main groups were classified by Osgood (1936) and McKennan (1965) added a ninth group, Chandalar Kutchin. The present study is based on material collected during the summer of 1972 in one…