Discusses the applicability of "fuzzy sets" to explicating the notion of "vagueness." (Author/HP)

While the prenominal or postnominal position of descriptive adjectives in Spanish has been widely discussed, there is a partial aspect of this topic which is either ignored or dealt with in a perfunctory manner, namely, the possible existence of a semantic principle determining the sequence of descriptive adjectives in coordinate series of two or…

From analyses of the production and comprehension of prenominal adjectives, it is argued that processing strategies for syntax are not qualitatively different from other cognitive processing strategies. (Editor)

Continuation of an article begun in Deutsch als Fremdsprache,'' v9 n6 1972. (RS)

Paper to be presented to the Seventh International Congress of Slavists, Warsaw, Poland, in August 1973. (DS)

Discusses recent analyses of the adjective in Italian and stresses the importance of the position of the Italian adjective for second language learners of Italian and for Italians learning foreign languages. (CFM)

Proposes that a traditional rule of French grammar concerning the impersonal expression (il + est + adjective + de + infinitive) is so oversimplified as to be fallacious and untenable. (MSE)

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

In open-ended and forced-choice situations, subjects were asked to interpret phrases containing superficially incompatible adjective pairs. The results demonstrate that English speakers implicitly understand proposed linguistic principles underlying prenominal adjective ordering. (SW)

First part of a continued article. (RS)