A total of 271 items--words, phrases and affixes--were added to the common Spanish dictionary in the period between October and December 1974. This article lists the principal additions, each organized within a larger semantic category. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)

Discusses the derivation and use of several Spanish figures of speech featuring animals--the ox, the cow, the calf and the bull. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

Concludes that despite instructional emphasis on one correct spelling, a large segment of the sample populations in this study spell differently from that usually thought correct and that a number of students, teachers, and parents recognize the existence of equally correct alternatives. (RB)

Differentiates between "hipobolicos", i.e., people lacking in a feeling for hyperbole; and "hiperbolicos", people with a feeling for hyperbole. (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)

Finds no significant differences between the prime frequency of words when comparing the Thorndike/Lorge and Carroll word lists. (RB)

Traditional methods have hitherto neglected the situation in foreign language teaching. The situation - a means of tying closely together the use of language (expression) with the conditions for the use of this language (situation) - represents only a substitute, indeed, for the real situation, but does fill a significant place in language…

A male girls' basketball coach focused on the deeper resonances of girls' athletics and the metaphysical implications of being such a coach. (Author/RK)

Provides a clear and brief explanation on the Spanish origin of the pronoun "Vos" (you). (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)

Some of the orthographical and phonological problems involved in the use of the Spanish prepositions "ex" and "post" are discussed. Examples are provided. (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)

Critically comments on the renovations made by the Royal Spanish Academy in their newest outline of Spanish grammar (Esbozo de una nueva Gramatica de la lengua espanola). (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)

A bilingual dictionary must be more accurate in definitions than a monolingual. This paper touches on problems of transference between languages, linguistic "cannibalism," and lexical versus connotative meaning. (CK)

Discusses three different patterns of restrictive and non-restrictive prepositional relative clauses--their functions, variations and permitted uses. (CK)

Author pointed out "that the revelations about Nixon's private language and the degradation of political language can lead us to assess our own use of language and how we teach it to our students". (Author/RK)

Recent psycholinguistic literature has developed differing interpretations of metaphoric sentences' comprehension. The inadequacies of the psycholinguistic theories of language processing which rest on the assumption according to which language is the expression of a relatively autonomous cognitive activity are highlighted in the interpretation of…

This book probes the efforts at manipulation individuals face daily in this information age and the tactics of persuaders from many sectors of society using various forms of Orwellian "doublespeak." The book contains the following essays: (1) "Notes toward a Definition of Doublespeak" (William Lutz); (2) "Truisms Are True:…