A structural-functional basis for the construction of an English tense system is proposed. It is asserted that such a system will facilitate the teaching of English tense usage. (Author/RM)

"The Capital Kid" is a cowboy persona used by the author when she teaches capitalization skills. Her teaching style and the games used are described. (SJL)

Discusses the teaching of qualitative and quantitative comparison expressions in French, specifically the various notions and functions that must be taken into consideration and the various pedagogical phases that should be followed. (AM)

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)

Discusses the syntactic differences in expressing wishes or desires in Italian and Russian. (CFM)

Part (1) appeared in "Russisch" 1974/4. Discusses the uses of the prepositions "na" and "v," using many examples taken from current texts for teaching Russian. (Text is in German.) (WGA)

Describes a series of problems based on transformational grammar which are helpful in teaching students how to write. (DD)

Examines syntactic and semantic constructions of French verbs denoting and causing emotions; and lists these verbs according to infinitive, "active" adjective, and "passive" adjective. (Text is in French.) (AM)

The range of Spanish varieties found among Chicanos is broad and can be expressed in terms of a linguistic continuum where particular varieties or rules are triggered by the presence of social and economic factors which permeate the relationships among speakers involved in a locutionary act. (Author/NQ)

Summarizes research on the effects of grammar instruction, concluding that research has not indicated grammar instruction has any beneficial effects. (DD)

The components of a dependency grammar are described, and some procedures for automatic sentence analysis are given. (HP)

The results of a survey in which 50 British university students were asked to assess the acceptability of 40 indirect object sentences are analyzed, and some problems inherent in English indirect object constructions are discussed. (DS)

Studies modality in the context of discourse analysis and an agent theory. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

The real basics are not grammar and the surface features of language, but syntactic fluency, accomodation to a writing situation, and responsibility for what one has written. (DD)

The opinions of various grammarians and linguists about the correct usage of "adonde" and "a donde" are presented. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)