This paper examines the phenomenon of final consonant deletion in clusters which do not agree in voicing and compares this phenomenon with clusters sharing the voicing feature. The speech studied is that of Puerto Rican and black Harlem teenagers. The data reported here refutes many of Bailey's (1972) claims. Clusters where voicing is not shared…

This second volume in a series of French publications of specialized, introductory books on the study of linguistics presents a structured, panoramic view of the study of lexicology dating from the writings of Panini (4 B.C.) through recent linguistic developments. The selected readings, covering five major areas of concern, concentrate on: (1)…

This bibliography, compiled as an aid to linguists working in contrastive structure studies, is an expanded version of one published in March 1960. One hundred and sixty-six studies printed in the roman alphabet are listed, as well as 37 studies printed in the Cyrillic alphabet. The broad scope of subject coverage includes many documents which…