The effect of presuppositions on the applicability of grammatical rules is discussed. It is argued that the speaker's presupposition may cause a grammatical rule to become optional. (RM)

Addresses some of the problems concerning the hierarchical relationship between language typology and genetic linguistics and between typology and universal grammar. (RM)

Cross cultural comparisons of the underlying psychological structures of 20 kinship terms for 17 selected language/culture communities were investigated. An evaluation was made of the technique used. (Author/RM)

Expanded version of a paper presented at the 7th Linguistics Colloquium, Nijmegen, Netherlands, September 27-30, 1972; presented at the University of California, San Diego. (DD)

Treats the general linguistic aspect of Fillmore's theories. (RM)

The problems of measurement and type-formation are discussed in the light of two approaches toward systems of linguistic objects. First, they are discussed as gestalt systems; second, they are discussed in the light of systems of general type viewed as sets of collections of arbitrary distinctive features. (Author/RM)

Summarizes the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis on language and thought process, along with several critical viewpoints. The writings of Koschmieder, Gipper, and Lenneberg, as well as psychological and linguistic aspects of experiments on color differentiation and conditioned response, are discussed. (Text is in German.) (DH)

Revised version of a paper supported by a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship. The universal base hypothesis states that all natural languages utilize the same base component in their transformational grammars. (DD)

Recognition criteria refer to those features which enable the analyst to recognize the item he attempts to ascertain through his elicitation procedure. (DD)