Argues that where Spanish is in contact with Quechua, the Spanish present perfect, preterite, and pluperfect are in contrast on the basis of a spatio-temporal parameter derived from the notion of present relevance. These innovative uses come from interaction between semantic systems of Quechua and Spanish and are consistent with universals of the…

Challenges the idea that grammatical representations in second-language development are parametric values that are transferred from the learner's native language, offering learner data incompatible with this view. Advocates a weak transfer model in which lexical and functional projections transfer, but morphology-driven values of features like the…

Empirical evidence is presented in favor of a theory that attributes the delay in the acquisition of the passive to young children's ability to accomplish nonlocal assignment of features. Two experiments testing monolingual Spanish-speaking children's knowledge of the passive are discussed and analyzed in light of the theory of Argument-chain…

This paper addresses the problem of the distribution and interpretation of the Korean long-distance anaphor "caki" and its pronominal counterpart "ku." The first part of the paper reviews previous analyses and shows that the distribution of "caki" and "ku" cannot be fully accounted for in purely structural…

Author focused on invented languages in literature. (Editor/RK)

Analyzes the circumstrances in which a German verb complex in a sentence can be separated by inserting various syntactic elements. Examples are provided. (Text is in German.) (DS)

A list enumerating the basic rules for the use of the subjunctive in Spanish is provided. (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)

Focuses on syntactic differences extending across two or more sensory processes, and finds that the referents of the vision modality are more flexible that those of other senses. (CK)

Analysis of the cofunctional relationship between common nouns and adjectives in English is examined in terms of the principle of semantic copredication. It is proposed that a formalized semantic metalanguage system can be constructed to demonstrate that some English adjectives behave like common nouns. Numerous examples are provided throughout…

The theory that language acquisition is guided and constrained by inborn linguistic knowledge is assessed. Specifically, the "no negative evidence" view, the belief that linguistic theory should be restricted in such a way that the grammars it allows can be learned by children on the basis of positive evidence only, is explored. Child language…

In this paper, individuals with no background in cognitive psychology are provided an introduction to the cognitivists' concepts of prototypes, schemata, and superordinate relations. A prototype is a most-typical instance, a composite, or an average of items in a particular set and serves as a mental representation of the set. A schema, script, or…

The grammatical subject of sentences in English is regularly but not invariably perceived as the sentence topic. Attempts to express this regularity as a rule of grammar are frustrated by the numerous cases in which there is no topic or some other referring expression is the topic. An alternative account is one in which sentence topic is inferred…

A teacher describes his unexpected success with a technique designed to help special needs ninth graders acquire writing and spelling skills. Assisted by his teaching aide, he used a dictation exercise coupled with immediate feedback and touch. He found that dictating sentences helped students make transitions betweens talking and writing. The…

This textbook is a French reader containing translations of the principal words, a progressive development of the forms of the verb, designations of the use of prepositions and particles, and idioms. The design of this book is to interest the pupil in the task of acquiring a vocabulary by short historical anecdotes. The stories, although selected…