An understanding of the meaning of words used by people through the centuries reveals much about the history of the time examined. The study of language provides archival resources to man's development. (JB)

Revised version of a paper entitled Word Families in Chinese: A Reconsideration'' presented at the 28th International Congress of Orientalists, Canberra, Australia, January 1971, and published in preprint form in Unicorn'' n9 p1-19 Jan 1972. (VM)

Paper presented at sessions of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 24, 1972. (VM)

Research reported in this paper is part of a more general investigation into the speech, reading and writing of 5- to 7-year olds. It is designed to trace children's comprehension of instructional terms and their abilities to identify units in written and spoken language while they learn to read. (Author/CB)

The founding and services of the John Tracy Clinic, an educational center for preschool deaf children in Los Angeles, are described through the example of the Walsh family, two of whose five children are deaf. (KW)

Special issue devoted to the topic of standard spoken usage. (VM)

Special issued devoted to language and history. (VM)

Research sponsored by National Institute of Mental Health and National Science Foundation grants. Visiting Research Associate positions were awarded by the University of Nairobi, Institute of Development Studies and Instutute of African Studies. Earlier version presented to the Institute of African Studies Seminar. (VM)

Significant correlations were obtained between the language comprehension scores of the children and both the quality of the task directed to them and the way in which the nursery was organized. (Authors)

Research performed while Shannon Moeser was on a Science Scholarship of the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada, and forms part of this author's doctoral thesis submitted to McGill University. Research also supported by an NRC grant to Mr. Bregman. (VM)