An hypothesis is proposed to explain the differences between the Russian conjunctions "no" and "odnako." Nine short passages are discussed to illustrate their usage. (RM)

Reviews issues to be considered in determining the order of meanings for a lexeme in a dictionary entry and compares techniques for deciding order. Types of ordering include importance, frequency, logical ordering, dominant meaning, syntactic, and historical. (MSE)

Discusses the botanical, animal, clothing, and genealogy metaphors and personification present in terminology which describes the computer and its functions, and asserts that computers are becoming so personified there is little difference between terms associated with humans and computers. It is also suggested that programmers are becoming less…

Up to two-thirds of African languages have a system of noun classification of some sort. This paper proposes an alternative approach to the noun class system of the Dagaare and Akan languages based more on an interaction between morphology and phonology than on semantics. Dagaare and Akan are two West African languages that exhibit mainly suffixal…

This article deals with denominal adjectives, also referred to by linguists as pseudo-adjectives or non-predicating adjectives. These adjectives are seldom used predicatively. This article explores the mechanism of this syntactical constraint. Examples of non-predicating adjectives that do not respect this syntactic constraint are analyzed. It is…

Explains and analyzes Alfred Korzybski's philosophy of General Semantics and tis implications for English instruction. (RB)

Sequel to an article by S.J. Roganova in Russisch'', 2, 73. (DD)

This paper discusses the empirical conditions for the clarification of the relations between space and time in order to help solve difficulties that are epistemic in nature and often arise when an instructor tries to communicate scientific concepts. (GB)

The difficulty and the beauty of Chinese lies in the simultaneous concreteness and ambiguity of each graph. (Author)

Children's early attempts at syntax, previously described in terms of pivot grammar, are discussed in the light of the author's research on the semantic intentions of early two-word sentences. Underlying conceptual relations were identified when such utterances were examined along with context and behavior. (Author/KW)

This paper pokes fun at the vocabulary of psychologists and presents the "true meanings" behind the smokescreen of professional language. (Author)

This article, an attempt to "systematize a general theory of lexical correlations and to define and illustrate their categories, is designed to "assist translators, linguists, teachers, writers, learners and all students of language and languages. (FWB)

Uses six examples to substantiate the hypothesis that masculine root words in reference to males in Russian cover a broader semantic space than do feminine root words in reference to females. Women share in the same wide space only when implicitly included in a masculine root. (Author/BK)