Because of neo-acute stress--or transferred acute stress--long vowel prosody in West Slavic had a special evolution. Two kinds of long vowel evolution are examined. The nature of transitionality across Slavic territory from tonal opposition to distinctive stress placement is pointed out. (SC)

Examines the loss of the impersonal construction in modern English and proposes an explanation based on the psychological evolution of the concept of "person." (Author/AM)

Discusses the status of nasal vowels in modern French and their evolution, as rule-governed derivations, from morphophonologically based rules to phonemic-phonetically based ones. (Author/AM)

A recent proposal that all rule generalization can be subsumed under the independently necessary mechanism of rule addition is tested empirically in three cases of purported rule generalization in the history of the High German dialects. The hypothesis is verified in each case. (CHK)

Examines the function of language structure constraints in phonological change, particularly with regard to phonetic and morphological patterns. (Author/AM)

Revised version of a paper presented at the 1971 summer meeting of the Linguistic Society of America at Buffalo, New York. Research supported in part by a National Science Foundation grant made to the Phonology Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley. (VM)

In phonetical terminology, a consonant produced by completely closing the nasal and oral air passages (implosion), resulting in a retention of air, and then suddenly opening the closure (explosion), is known as occlusive. (DD)

Based on work done in 1972 which was supported by a Canada Council Research Grant. (DD)