An alternative grammar to Burt's elementary transformational grammar of English is described and presented in a computer format, and derivations obtained employing the grammar are given. (Author)

Presents the results of an investigation into information structures in natural language science texts. (Author)

Presents experiences from working with filmstrips, particularly on grammar topics which are dealt with in Grade 6. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Contradicts a theory of determining the presuppositions and assertions of complex sentences. (CK)

Revised and expanded version of a paper given at the 1971 TESOL Convention in New Orleans. Discusses importance of linguistic encoding and decoding in the language learning process. (RL)

A semantic inventory, an organized network of observations on the lexical structure of Huichol, is presented. Each entry includes a name form or lemma, its pronunciation if not clear from the lemma form, part of speech, and examples to illustrate its range of inflections. The discussion of semantics begins with a syntactic framework for the…

THE PRESENT STUDY IS A TRANSLATION OF THE WORK "STROI ARABSKOGO YAZYKA" BY THE EMINENT RUSSIAN LINGUIST AND SEMITICS SCHOLAR, N.Y. YUSHMANOV. IT DEALS CONCISELY WITH THE POSITION OF ARABIC AMONG THE SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND THE RELATION OF THE LITERARY (CLASSICAL) LANGUAGE TO THE VARIOUS MODERN SPOKEN DIALECTS, AND PRESENTS A CONDENSED BUT…

AN IMPORTANT HYPOTHESIS OF GENERATIVE GRAMMATICAL THEORY IN RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN THAT GRAMMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS ARE MEANING-PRESERVING. THIS THESIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO SHOW THAT IF CERTAIN OTHER COMMON THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS ARE HELD CONSTANT, THAT HYPOTHESIS IS UNTENABLE. RULES OF WORD-DERIVATION--SUFFIXATION, PREFIXATION,…

This Polish-English dictionary is a complementary volume of the "Great English-Polish Dictionary" published in 1964. It comprises approximately 180,000 words, phrases, and expressions commonly used in the Polish language. Terms from special branches of learning such as technology, medicine, and science have been included as well as many important…

This article presents the contents of a mini-course designed by a teacher to make a review of grammar interesting and stimulating for students. The 75 questions listed for use in the review cover numerous grammatical rules in a lighthearted, humorous, and informative way. (EB)

Reviews and discusses the structure of D.F. Robinson's "Manual for Bilingual Dictionaries" (Sanata Ana, 1969, 201p.). (AM)

Argues that teaching students grammar does not improve writing skills. (BR)

A test for college students in recognizing verbals and parts of sentences is presented. (MJB)

The linguistic thought of the nineteenth century is examined to show that the two traditional assumptions about the prescriptive concern for "correctness" are not valid. (HP)