THIS REPORT WAS CONCERNED WITH GUIDES FOR A RHETORIC CURRICULUM DESIGNED FOR SEVENTH-GRADE CLASSES. GUIDES FOR THE TEACHER WERE PRESENTED. THE GUIDES CONSISTED OF--(1) AN ORIENTATION UNIT TO MAKE STUDENTS AWARE OF LANGUAGE PURPOSE, (2) A UNIT ON FINDING AND DEVELOPING IDEAS, (3) A UNIT ON THE RHETORIC OF THE SENTENCE, AND (4) A UNIT ON DICTION. AN…

A STUDY GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR STUDENT USE IN A SEVENTH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT REGIONAL DIALECTS, SOCIAL DIALECTS, AND FUNCTIONAL VARIETIES OF ENGLISH WERE INCLUDED WITH RELATED EXERCISES. THE GUIDE ALSO DESCRIBED A UNIT ON USING THE DICTIONARY. REVIEW MATERIALS WERE INCLUDED FOR EACH OF TWO UNITS COVERED BY THE…

A GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR STUDENT USE IN A REVIEW UNIT FOR AN EIGHTH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. THE GUIDE WAS CONCERNED WITH A REVIEW OF 18 PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES WHICH WERE TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE SEVENTH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM (ED 010 145 AND ED 010 147). AN ACCOMPANYING GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR TEACHER USE (ED 010 152). (WN)

A GUIDE FOR REVIEWING PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES AND LINGUISTIC SYMBOLS WAS PREPARED FOR AN EIGHTH-GRADE LANGUAGE CURRICULUM. THE GUIDE, FOR TEACHER USE, WAS DEVELOPED TO REVIEW 18 PHRASE STRUCTURE RULES PREVIOUSLY REPORTED (ED 010 146 AND ED 010 148). AN ACCOMPANYING GUIDE WAS PREPARED FOR STUDENT USE (ED 010 151). (WN)

A DISCUSSION OF THE LINGUISTIC AND PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF HAUSA (A LANGUAGE OF WEST AFRICA) ACCOMPANIES A TEXT WHICH CONSISTS OF BASIC SENTENCES, NOTES, AND GRAMMATICAL DRILLS. THE BASIC SENTENCES ARE DIALOGS TO BE MEMORIZED, AND THEIR ENGLISH RENDERINGS ARE MEANT TO BE SITUATIONAL EQUIVALENTS, NOT LITERAL TRANSLATIONS. THE NOTES EXPLAIN…

A COMPUTER PROCEDURE IS DESCRIBED FOR PARSING RUSSIAN SENTENCES WITH A CONTEXT-FREE RECOGNITION GRAMMAR. THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT UNDER A PROGRAM FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF SEVERAL ASPECTS OF NATURAL LANGUAGE DATA PROCESSING BY FORMALIZED METHODS TO DETERMINE THE USEFULNESS OF FORMALIZED LINGUISTIC TECHNIQUES IN PRACTICAL LANGUAGE DATA PROCESSING…

Reflexives in Japanese and English show a number of interesting differences. Morphologically, there is a single form "jibun" ("jishin") in Japanese, which does not vary for person or number. In English there are various forms which always agree in person and number ("myself,""himself,""themselves,"…

The chapters in this volume report new research evidence, review new concepts, and acquaint classroom teachers at the elementary level with the ideas of those most active in the field of linguistics. Discussion, which focuses on the relationships between linguistics and language arts, reading, spelling instruction, and the teaching of grammar and…

The theory is presented that there are in Indo-European languages only two comparative morphemes and correspondingly two degrees of the comparative, superiority and equality. (RM)

Most students seem not to have learned the transformational grammar their teachers said had been taught.

Fifteen educable and 15 trainable mentally retarded children (mean age ten years) were administered a story completion task that elicits 14 grammatical structures. (Author/SBH)

Discusses the accomplishments, or lack of accomplishments, of linguistics to date and makes suggestions for the improvement of linguistics' contribution to the study and teaching of American English. (Available from the University of Alabama Press, Periodicals Department, P.O. Box 2877, University, Alabama 35486.) (AM)

Reviews research to establish that it has not proven that instruction in grammar has no effect on student writing. (DD)

Examines Marr's and Stalin's opposing views on language, and shows how these ideas may be re-examined in the light of generative grammar and sociolinguistics. (AM)

Discusses the advantages of using student compositions rather than textbook materials in a college remedial writing course. (RL)