Concerns the use of "will-would" after "if." The article gathers together the many scattered individual contributions on the subject, thus enabling the teacher to form a judgment and at the same time providing him with solid support for making corrections. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Defines certain kinship relationships in terms that are linguistically accurate and imply neither identity nor difference. (CK)

This article questioned the linguistic assumptions that underlie most language teaching and suggested that a clearer recognition of the communicative function of language might result in a more realistic and effective learning experience. (Author/RK)

It is asserted that before the end of the century there probably will be more black people who speak the English tongue as their native language than there will be British people. This use of a white language with its color prejudices and residual racisms is discussed in terms of the psychological identity strains it can create for black men,…

Two experiments are reported in which subjects viewed films of automobile accidents and then answered questions about events occurring in the films. Wording of questions regarding speed influenced subjects' estimates of speed. (Author/RM)

(Text is in French.)

A survey of 59 Mexican American students revealed that more than twice as many used "usted" to parents than "tu." There may be a shift occurring, however, to more prevalent use of the familiar. (CK)

In this article, the author describes "Wen"--the woven patterns of interior and exterior worlds, patterns of mind and language. By linking literature/literary composing process with the configuration of natural phenomena, Liu reinforces a core value in the Chinese literary tradition that literature is a harmonizing process that brings…

A study investigated the development of children's metalinguistic understanding of the meanings of two non-ostensive words beyond the usual semantic acquisition period. The words, whose meanings cannot be associated with an object by pointing, were "pain" and "pretend". Two specific questions were addressed: What types of…

The essays contained in this volume are attempts not merely to inventory recent developments and disputes in the field of argumentation but also to sharpen them by carrying them as far as current thinking permits. The 16 essays, which show that argumentation scholars are still far from united around a single theory, are divided into four sections.…

Two facts need to be recognized before the problem of Aboriginal Nonstandard English can be resolved: Aboriginal Nonstandard English has failed to respond to conventional remedial techniques and some incentive must be relevant to Aboriginal Nonstandard English speakers before their learning the standard dialect is relieved of being a pointless…

Analyzes some of the results of The Survey of Canadian English as they concern the classroom teaching of language.

Investigates the influence of word abstraction, part of speech, word length, and word frequency on the amount of non-fluencies of stuttering subjects. (RB)

Third part of a continued article. (SK)

Investigates the following as possibly related to the longevity of slang items in Hebrew: the language of origin, the category of content, structural characteristics and the background characteristics of the users. (PM)