Traces the history of sociolinguistic studies in West Germany from the early nineteenth century with Humboldt and reports on the state and purposes of sociolinguistic studies in present-day Federal Republic of Germany. Available from Liber Laeromedel, Box 1205, S-22105 Lund, Sweden (Text is in German.) (TL)

This article discusses the use of gestures in foreign language instruction, particularly in the teaching of intonation, stress, and consonant and vowel sounds. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Computer-based multidimensional scaling techniques are used to determine the dimensionality of grammatical variation in three large sets of data: Ross' (1973) Noun Phrase and fake Noun Phrase data; Sankoff's (1974) complementizer "que"-deletion (Montreal French) data; and Cedergren's (1973) syllable-final S-reduction (Panamanian Spanish) data. (DB)

A comparison is made of the way in which talk is regulated, both verbally and nonverbally, in Anglo interaction with the regulation of talk among Indians of the Warm Springs Reservation in central Oregon. (Author/RM)

This article summarizes the results of a study undertaken to investigate the question of second language retention by federal bilingual employees in Canada. (CLK)

Discusses the linguistic, political and social forces central to the development of Chinese characters. (CLK)

An experiment was conducted to determine the conditions under which selective imitation of relative clauses could be produced in preschool. Imitation training was more effective than modeling alone, and instructions and reinforcements were effective in an additive manner. Implications for the role of imitation in language development are…

Points to weaknesses in the current educational system and outlines proposed standards and curriculum requirements for an ideal program for English majors. (GT)

Reports poor scores for college students asked to define the meanings of ten foreign words placed in and out of context. Urges news writers to use words familiar to the audience, or else to provide parenthetical or other explanations of unfamiliar or foreign words. (RL)

Discusses the problem of the lack of native speakers to judge grammatical acceptability in analyzing a dead language such as Latin, and proposes an analysis on the level of linguistic performance. (AM)

If and when Black English ceases to exist as a language separate from Standard English, it will be because Blacks no longer feel alienated and excluded from mainstream America. (Author/AM)

Results confirm the value of play activities for language development, and illustrate the nature of linguistic interaction among groups of five-year-olds. (RL)

Three techniques used in the training of translators and interpreters at the Monterey Institute which may be suitable for advanced language study are conceptualization, stylistic transposition, and sight translation. Language students may acquire the cultural and social ambiance of the target language through such training. (SW)

This article discusses the problems invovled in presenting grammar in a threshold approach to French as a second language. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article outlines the elements that make up face-to-face interaction, and the role of language in such interaction, using as an example the kind of interaction that could take place in a post office. (Text is in French.) (CLK)