Special issue devoted to the study of generative grammar in German-speaking countries. (VM)

The objective of this paper is to combine the viewpoint of model-theoretic semantics and generative grammar, to define semantics for context-free languages, and to apply the results to some fragments of natural language. Following the introduction in the first section, Section 2 describes a simple artificial example to illustrate how a semantic…

Revised version of an M.A. thesis submitted at the University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970, by Linda J. Rodd. (VM)

Computational linguistics, as linguistics in general, is the study of human behavior. (MF)

It is important in beginning reading instruction to let the child guess at unknown words, allowing the context to provide feedback. (JH)

Examines the effects of short term memory (STM) capacity, meaningfulness of stimuli, and age upon listeners' structuring of sentences. Results show that the interaction between STM capacity and meaningfulness (1) approached significance when data were collapsed over both age levels, and (2) was significant for one age level. Tables and references.…

The teacher must be aware of the deep" and surface" levels of language, the learner's linguistic competence, and the cognitive development of preliterate children and illiterate adults." (Author/SP)

Research conducted at the University of Wisconsin (Madison) in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree. (VM)

Recent analyses of Russian (Halle 1963, Lightner 1972) have been forced by the criteria of rule "naturalness" and rule "generality" to posit highly abstract underlying forms. These underlying forms and rules are claimed to represent the speaker's competence. Such analyses are now being criticized (Derwing 1973, Hooper 1974) on the following…

A study of some reformulations in linguistic theory which have been brought about by a shift from generative to casual grammar. An attempt is made to integrate these transformations into one of the current sociolinguistic currents: the elaboration of a theory of speech production. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Special issue devoted to research and the teaching of French in the elementary school. (VM)

Research supported by a Canada Council Leave Fellowship and the President's Research Fund, Simon Fraser University, Canada. (VM)

Second in a series of articles surveying methods of teaching classical languages in British universities. Explores linguistic theory, relationship between personal expression and pure grammar, and the generative approach to grammar. (DS)