Discusses the use of the preposition "a" by examining why a few verbs in Spanish seem to occur with an obligatory marker and what relationship exists between this use of the preposition "a" and the more common occurrence of "a" with animate, definite direct objects. (SED)

This article is in the form of a letter from a hypothetical former student on her first job in word processing, looking back at her educational experience and how it helped her. She shares her thoughts with her instructor and comments on areas that she feels could have been emphasized more. Grammar/punctuation, proofreading,…

Presents a structural explanation for meaning differences associated with the position of adverbial modifiers with respect to the verb in Mandarian. Argues that the relevant factor is one of modifier scope. Temporal, result, and generic interpretations associated with some postverbal modification structures are explained on the basis of modifier…

A disturbing deterioration has been noticed recently in the editing of history books. They have mistakes in grammar, word usage, style, and punctuation. Specific examples are provided. (RM)

Taking as an example the "trace theory" of movement rules developed at MIT, the article shows the conditions to which a theoretical innovation must conform in order to be considered legitimate in the context of transformational grammar's "Extended Standard Theory." (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Refers to an outline of a new grammar book from the Spanish Royal Academy. (SK)

Examines a variety of grammatical and linguistic problems encountered in the teaching of classical languages and urges a more rationalistic approach to their solution. Concluding portion of the article. (RL)

Part 1 of a continued article. (WB)

Author's diagnosis of reading problems amounts to an educated guess about changes in what in other contexts would be called deep structure." Johnny can't read, because he is asked to read a kind of language with an increasingly alien deep structure. (Author/MB)

A mock-serious particularized and structuralized fuller application of a poem to the totality of experience." (Author/SP)

A review of The Psychology of Speech and Language: An Introduction of Psycholinguistics" (Random), by Joseph A. De Vito. (RY)

Earlier version of the paper was read at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, Kentucky, April 1971. (VM)

The logical relationship between evidence and inference, the time of inference, whether or not the inference has proved false, and the speaker's degree of conviction determine the choice between should" and must." Appears in Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education" anthology issue of The Florida FL Reporter."…

A review of Language Development: Form and Function in Emerging Grammar by Lois Bloom. (DS)

Twelve college seniors in an English methods course were assigned to three treatment groups, Grammatical, Holistic, and Both. Each group received different instructions but graded the same 10 themes. Themes graded for grammatical errors received lower grades than the same themes graded holistically. (NH)