An investigation is made of the use of prefixes with borrowed verbs in Serbocroatian. The data on which it is based reflect usage in speech and journalism. One conclusion is that the adaptation of borrowed verbs to the native aspectual system is almost exclusively through prefixation. (Author/RM)

The eighth volume in this series contains seven articles dealing with various aspects of Serbo-Croatian-English contrastive analysis. They are: "A System of English Prepositions and Their Serbo-Croatian Equivalents," by Ranko Bugarski; "Demonstratives in Serbo-Croat to English Translational Conversion," by Zeljko Bujas; "Adjective Comparison in…

The first volume in this series contains 10 articles dealing with various aspects of Serbo-Croatian-English contrastive analysis. They are: "Research Guide for Project Workers. (I) Morphology and Syntax," by William Nemser and Vladimir Ivir; "Direction and Continuity in Contrastive Analysis," by Ranko Bugarski; "On Inversion in English and…

The second volume in this series contains seven articles dealing with various aspects of Serbo-Croatian-English contrastive analysis. They are: "Derivation in Serbo-Croatian and English," by Zeljko Bujas; "Predicative Patterns for English Adjectives and Their Contrastive Correspondents in Serbo-Croatian," by Vladimir Ivir; "Numeratives and…

This study examines the theory of Prokosch concerning the Germanic-Slavic-Baltic tense and aspect systems. The interrelatedness and influence of languages and dialects in Slavic (Russian and Old Church Slavic), Baltic (Lithuanian), and Germanic (Old High German and Gothic) are demonstrated. Examples illustrating the use of the perfective present…

The unique position of WH words in Slavic languages is discussed, with specific reference to Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian. The multiple fronting characteristics of Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian differ in terms of the following positions and behaviors: extraction from embedded questions; clitic placement and other indications of constituent status;…