HELP--a question-answering system--enables a user, sitting at the console of a time-shared computer, to obtain information on questions typed in. This information might concern the operating system itself, the format of commands to the user interface executive program, the use of a selected subsystem, or an area totally separate from the computer.…

This paper presents, within the framework of case grammar, an analysis of object pronominalization in Spanish. It begins with a discussion of the derivation of pronouns in general, and proceeds with observations on the structure of object pronouns in Spanish, and with rules for their derivation. Reasons are given for excluding many so-called…

This paper proposes a data management technique which frees the linguist's time from purely mechanical function better performed through purely mechanical means, thus permitting the linguist to utilize the savings in time to perform those tasks for which he is most highly trained. The number of combinations possible in terms of columns on the data…

The quality of redundancy in language usage can be examined to determine its effect on communication efficiency. Semiotic redundancy, defined as the quantity of prolixity between semantic and pragmatic information, has the potential of reducing equivocation and error and, at the optimal level, provides maximum communication efficiency. Thus,…

The primary purposes of this study were (1) to determine whether significant differences existed among second-grade experimental and control groups in the rated quality of their compositions and in their use of selected syntactic structures at the end of a one year experimental program in written composition, and (2) to determine the relationships…

A LINGUISTIC PROCESSING SYSTEM, WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR CHINESE TO ENGLISH MACHINE TRANSLATION, UTILIZING THE CONTEXTUAL ASSOCIATIVE METHOD WAS DESCRIBED. THE REPORT INCLUDES (1) AN EXPLANATION OF THE LINGUISTIC PROCESSING SYSTEM, (2) MORPHOLOGICAL AND SYNTACTIC ANALYSES, AND (3) AN ANALYSIS OF ENGLISH INFLECTION. MACHINE APPLICABILITY WAS…

Acute schizophrenics with either good or premorbid histories were compared with control groups of undergraduates and sixth-grade children on their sensitivity to syntactic structure in speech perception. (Editor)

This article discusses methods of teaching literature. A method that derives from the hermeneutic-dialectic school of metascience is outlined, in which the researcher attempts a dialogue with the researched, the goal being mutual and self-understanding. This approach is contrasted with the logical-empirical approach. (CLK)

Semantic and paradigmatic analyses are employed to show that deixis of the lexical content is the differentiating factor between pre- and post-position of the attributive adjective in French. The nature of modification in general is also discussed. (DB)

In order to determine if the syntactic complexity of written mathematical problems influenced students' abilities to solve problems, 45 eighth-grade remedial math students were studied. (PHR)

Examines a family of Spanish compounds formed by the combination of a third-person singular verb form with a following noun, and attempts to show the semantic categories of such compounds. It is argued that speakers of Spanish intuitively categorize unfamiliar "guarda" compounds according to their existing repertoires. (EJS)

Cites evidence showing that the "natural order" found using the Bilingual Syntax Measure to measure morpheme order is not an artifact of the test. (Author/AM)

Describes the contrasting structures of negation in French and in Hungarian. (AM)

Elaborates on a theory of "mixed syntax" in oral communication, that is, a syntactic chain incorporating both verbal and nonverbal elements. (AM)