Data from three children learning Spanish are explored for the development of linguistic person in an inflectional language. Contrastive use of person, tense, and number and the presence of overt subjects and overt objects are examined. (Author/VWL)

Addresses the problem of a handful of indefinite pronouns that can be either singular or plural without a change in spelling. Outlines guidelines for using the words "most,""all,""any,""some,""such," and "none." (PM)

Explains I.A. Richards tenor-vehicle model of metaphor, which has seen extended use in communication scholarship. Reviews Richards' conception of the model and subsequent treatment of its components. Evaluates various patterns of appropriation and makes recommendations regarding future usage. (PM)

States that academic discourse aims at defining fields of study, defining the evidence for the study, establishing connections between parts of the evidence and establishing systematic exposition. Notes the rarity of metaphor in academic discourse. Urges the use of language in all its figurative power. (RS)

Argues that reference to the term "real world" among technical writing professionals damages the field's pedagogical, political, and intellectual credibility. Supports replacing "real" with a more accurately descriptive term like "practical" to eliminate the pejorative meanings of the present usage. (MM)

Shares the literacy development of the author's son. Shows how the child used language for the following functions: instrumental, regulatory, interactional, personal, heuristic, imaginative, and representational. (MG)

Defines and discusses metaphors and how people in every field of knowledge use metaphors to teach and learn. Stresses the importance of using metaphors as part of instruction in every aspect of education. (MG)

Advocates clear writing and reminds people that they are responsible for their choice of words. Recounts several situations where a poor or imprecise choice of words led to communication problems. (PA)

David Lightfoot's "How to Set Parameters: Arguments from Language Change" (1991), which adopts the principles and parameters approach developed by Chomsky as part of the theory of government and binding, is reviewed. (Contains 34 references.) (LB)

Investigates attributional implications of prosecutors' and defense attorneys' language strategies using the protocols of the historical Nuremberg trials. States that apart from more positive statements regarding the defendants being made by defense lawyers than prosecutors, both sides used a number of subtler strategies. (PA)

Examined variations in pitch dynamism in five male and five female speakers of French and English, finding that the pitch dynamism of the males and females was not significantly different in any of the conditions tested. (69 references) (MDM)

Examined synchronic and diachronic data for clefts and relative clauses in English, arguing that "it"-cleft complements do not differ syntactically from restrictive relative clauses. The diachronic data further show that cleft complements and restrictive relative clauses have changed together over time and at the same rate. (48…

Offers a creative narrative that illustrates an episode of "flaming" in an electronic mail exchange among a small group of communication scholars. Defines "flaming" as the exchange of hostile or insulting remarks. Argues that creative narrative can be used as a method for interpretive study of communication and culture. (PA)

Notes that the words and phrases that make up corporate lingo usually have meaning on two levels: management level and worker level, with huge gaps between them. Offers the author's "redefinitions" of a number of corporate terms. (SR)

Proposes that communication and the effective use of symbols are crucial and often overlooked aspects of the political competition between interest groups. Analyzes a highly polarized conflict over an old-growth forest in Oregon's Siskiyou National Forest to illustrate the significant role that symbolism and communication play in the nature and…