THIS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF SWAHILI, ONE OF THE BANTU LANGUAGES IN THE NIGER-CONGO GROUP, IS BASED ON THE AUTHOR'S 37 YEARS OF WRITING AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN EAST AFRICA. THE STUDY IS INTENDED TO PRESENT THE SWAHILI LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF ITS OWN STRUCTURE, RATHER THAN IN TERMS OF LATIN OR ENGLISH GRAMMARS. A PRELIMINARY SECTION IN PART ONE…

Examines areas of Latin grammar that present difficulties to the grammarian, and shows how modern linguistics can contribute to the teaching of Latin grammar. (AM)

Part of a continuing series on teaching French grammar. (DS)

Current linguistic research in syntax and morphology may have positive results for language teaching, but caution is required as linguistic theory grows more abstract. (CHK)

THE YURAK LANGUAGE, THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SAMOYED LANGUAGE GROUP, IS SPOKEN BY ABOUT 25,000 YURAKS IN AN AREA WHICH EXTENDS FROM ARKHANGEL TO THE YENISEY RIVER IN NORTHWESTERN SIBERIA. THIS CHRESTOMATHY PRESENTS A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE LANGUAGE AND ITS MAIN DIALECTS. PART ONE, DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR, IS PREFACED BY AN EXPLANATION OF THE…

EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINE BOOKS AND ARTICLES PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1885 AND 1967 ARE LISTED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR STUDENTS OF APPLIED GERMAN LINGUISTICS AT THE GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE LEVELS AND TEACHERS OF GERMAN IN HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. THOUGH EMPHASIS IS ON APPLIED LINGUISTICS, SOME PUBLICATIONS ON LINGUISTIC THEORY ARE INCLUDED. THE MAJOR…

This paper makes observations on verb classification which are considered relevant to the understanding of Swahili syntax. Three different syntactically relevant approaches are discussed: (1) establishing a set of "basic sentence types" and then classifying verbs according to their occurrence or non-occurrence in sentences of these…

Number 13 in a series on problems of French grammar and usage. (DS)