Notes that Richards still offers the best overall theoretical reserve available to teacher of language because he deals primarily with language as it is actually used. Elaborates on two of Richards' insights likely to be of greatest overall and long-range value to both writers and writing instructors. (HTH)

Reviews the variety of language styles with which the translator deals and discusses the esthetic and practical advantages of adapting the language of a text to the sociocultural and communicative habits of a specific linguistic group. (MSE)

Using as a framework the theory of the ecology of language formulated by Einar Haugen, compares two Finnish minorities in Sweden, one which ceased to exist in the middle of this century and one, the Tornedal Finnish minority, which still exists. Discusses circumstances favorable to the preservation of Finnish in the Tornedal. (SED)

Includes nine responses from college faculty to Daniel's article (EJ 285 194) on business communication. (PD)

Four aspects of sociopolitical language are: (1) keywords are defined by a movement; (2) a movement, realized in its language, must be analyzed as having both surface and hidden meanings; (3) the propagandistic function of sociopolitical language forces "value" on the keyword; and (4) a movement creates its linguistic field. (MSE)

Reports on the applications of psycholinguistic principles to the formulations of jury charges in criminal trials in British Columbia. These principles were applied to standardize jury instructions both from the point of view of the legal information conveyed as well as from the sentence and discourse processing done by the jury. (SED)

In a study of differences between perceptions of men's and women's language, undergraduates read short stories with speakers using seven categories of "male" and "female" language. Among the findings were that subjects rated males who spoke women's language as homosexual and tended to rate females who spoke men's language as uppity. (KH)

Reports the findings of a study done to test evaluative reactions to code-switching which involved alternation and/or mixing between the grammatical systems of English and Panjabi. Results are in line with similar studies and show that the same person is evaluated in different ways depending on how he or she speaks.

Analyzed university documents for sex-linked and sex-neutral language to measure the impact of regulation on language change. Compared documents from 1969-1972 (N=50) with matching documents from 1978-1979 (N=200). Findings showed newer documents contained significantly fewer sex-linked language items and markedly more sex-neutral items than the…

Discusses research and theory related to journal writing and provides a rationale for including it in the language arts classroom. (FL)

Examines the secondary terms "kill,""order," and "secret" in Kenneth Burke's "A Rhetoric of Motives" in order to provide a deeper understanding of the Burkean concept of act. Suggests how this concept of act might be applied to the teaching of writing. (MM)

Explains the need for teachers of technical writing to understand many terms unique to proposal writing. Provides brief definitions for the more common terms used in proposal preparation, including slang and abbreviations, focusing on practical rather than legal definitions. (HTH)

Discusses the implications of a new chapter added to the third edition of "Growth through English" concerning the language people use in performing various roles. (RB)

Discusses the improper use of superlatives in Spanish. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)