Describes a study of the use of the terms "will" and "gonna" in the speech of two three-year-old girls. The results suggest that one of the functions of "will" and "gonna" is to impart different causal relations to the two practices of "undertaking" and "planning." (HTH)

Presents a selection of quotations from would-be censors. Argues humorously that the quotations were intended to be funny. (FL)

Explores the general features and some unique usages of West African English, Caribbean English, and Indian English. (EL)

It is proposed that, in regard to the question of whether linguistic theory is a friend of the literary translator, the imposed opposition of theory and practice gets in the way of working from the basis of the implied discourse that supports literature's communicative function. (MSE)

Presents results of a study indicating that constructive and dramatic play contexts affected language to the extent that children use more exophora in the constructive context and more linguistic verbs, third-person pronouns, and displaced reference tenses in the dramatic context. (HTH)

It is suggested that students of French should be exposed to the richness of a living language by introducing them to all possible outputs and underlining the importance of the interjection in oral discourse. A number of common interjections and usage situations are outlined, and some teaching methods are discussed. (MSE)

Explores the difficulty in defining cliche and distinguishing it from other idiomatic and indelible expressions in the English language. (HTH)

College students (N=100) rated the words "lady,""woman,""gentleman," and "man" on several adjective scales to investigate connotations of these words. Ratings indicated that "gentleman" implied greater competence and warmth than "man," while the term "lady" suggested less…

Examines recent claims by L. Moskovit about the use of the unattended "this"; argues that, in various cases, they fail to predict the referents that readers actually assign to a "this"; and offers an alternative framework for describing the considerations that go into distinguishing clear from unclear uses of an anaphoric…

Distinguished between "linguistic insight" and "linguistic awareness" and highlights some linguistic research of interest to reading teachers. (FL)

Discusses how metaphors are most effective at generating readers'"epiphany" or insight. (HTH)

Discusses the critical role vocabulary knowledge plays in metaphorical processing and gives teaching suggestions on dealing with metaphors and similes. (FL)

Argues that, despite the capacity of cognitive psychologists to shed light on certain disputes in literary theory, it is necessary to continue to look to poets for insight into how authors share their experience with others through print. (FL)

A relatively common way to establish a new verb is to give verbal form to a noun, but it also exposes some irregularities of the language, and the rules that govern it. Although this is largely a phenomenon of the twentieth century, evidence of it appears in Rabelais' work. (MSE)