Using examples drawn from books, magazines, newspapers, and television programs, this book examines linguistic sexism in the hope that if people consciously discard the semantic symbols of deeply rooted cultural assumptions, in time they will be freed from their power. The nine chapters discuss the following topics: how the way the culture's…

This paper sought the answer to the question: What is the origin of the sociolinguistic differences described by Basil Bernstein and others in relation to social class, patterns of family organization and socialization, and modes of speech? (Author/RK)

Reviews a 1974 East German publication on translation of scientific literature from Russian to German. Considers terminology, different standard levels of translation in East Germany, and other matters related to translation. (Text is in German.) (DH)

Examines Basil Bernstein's principles on language as set forth in "Class, Codes and Control: Theoretical Studies towards a Sociology of Language" and applies them to the teaching of English composition. (RB)

An historical linguistic view of the behavior of the Russian reflexive particle "sja" with verbs in literary usage during the 16th-19th centuries. Texts from Russian "Povesti" provide examples from which changes in usage, orthography, and pronunciation are noted. (Text is in Russian.) (DH)

Argues that humans respond with suspicion and distrust toward those perceived as others--whether the difference is one of race, sex, religion, or behavior--and those responses are expressed in language. (RB)

Ten terms which are used both in mathematics and in psychology are discussed. The similarities and dissimilarities in usage within the two fields are analyzed. Other terms common to both fields are listed. (SD)

Discusses the kind of language used in reporting events in school newspapers and provides several examples of writing that should serve as a model for student journalists. (RB)

This textbook is an elementary English course based upon two fundamental facts in regard to language: (1) the purpose of language is communication of thought; and (2) the use of language is an art. The book also provides a complete and progressive course of instruction in the use of the dictionary as an aid to both oral and written language.

This paper provides a review of some basic general semantic principles and then applies them to the area of prenatal classes and labor room practices. It first presents an overview of the principle that language is not a neutral factor in human perceptions but an active, reactive force. Next, it looks at the relationship between language and…

The functional approach, which views language as a potential for meaning in social situations, seems particularly relevant in analyzing the dynamic interaction between text and context. Function determines structure, and the context, which comes to define the function, determines the kinds of text that will be communicative. As the contextual…

Syntactic synonymy enables the speaker to use syntactic devices to say the same thing in a number of different ways. It is based on three criteria: (1) similarity of semantic content, (2) certain syntactic similarity between the components of the synonymous structures, and (3) differences in surface structures. The third criterion separates…

One hundred short test items representing the style and grammatical usage of ten preschool age children were selected from large samples of their narrative and directive speech. Three groups of adults predicted successive words in an effort to reconstruct the actual vocabularies and grammatical forms of the utterances. The predictors' correct…