The spoken language of Israeli children from various socioeconomic and ethnic groups was compared in terms of pragmatic strategies of communication in order to evaluate whether disadvantaged children were linguistically deficient. Interviews were conducted with a sample of 11- and 12-year-old children from privileged and disadvantaged backgrounds.…

The linguistic philosophies of H. P. Grice and J. L. Austin are discussed, and ways of applying their ideas to learning activities for gifted students are suggested. Grice's work focuses on prerequisites for successful conversation, the cooperative principle, and features of conversational implicature. Austin's work analyzes the distinction…

Shows the importance and spread of Spanish as a world language by surveying the countries in which it is the official language and listing many instances in which Spanish has been chosen as the means of communication throughout history. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)

Contends that the way in which language is used is symptomatic of conflicts of interest, and thus of secondary importance in explaining irrational and unprogressive behavior. (RB)

Examines the direct and indirect support for the Whorf hypothesis which states that one thinks in a language and that language shapes what one thinks and perceives. (RB)

Compares the uses of the German Future I and Present tenses with the corresponding Russian tenses, which reflect the Russian verb aspect. In German the aspect plays a much smaller role. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

The need for standard consistently defined vocabulary in education is explored. (DE)

This article discusses the origin and history of three Spanish idioms: "Aqui hay gato encerrado,""Seguir en sus trece," and "La carabina de Ambrosio." (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)

This article discusses the use of abbreviations in written Spanish, with abundant examples. The hope expressed is that abbreviations will be used only where indispensable. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)

This article considered conversations between an investigator and some 16 and 17-year-old students on the verge of leaving school. These students differentiated 12 social situations, which were conjured up in speech remarkably different from the reality conjured up in the speech of teachers and parents. (Author/RK)

In this article the author attempted to understand the relationship between John B. Watson's personal conflicts with the fundamentalist religious culture in which he was reared and his development of a particular psychological paradigm and experimental practice, the theory and research of behaviorism. (Author/RK)

The subjunctive in English is analyzed, based on plays of Beaumont and Fletcher from the Early New English period. See FL 508 197 for availability. (RM)

The relationship between standard, "correct" French and the spoken language is explored. (PMP)

This article describes research methods involved in compiling a lexicon of terms used in the mining industry. This consisted mainly in contrasting terms found in dictionaries with actual usage in spoken and written language. (Text is in French) (AM)