Suggests that because feminism is impelled to seek experimental forms of discourse that attempt to propose and practice a radically different mode of communication, feminist works require careful consideration. Discusses two books by Luce Irigaray, SPECULUM OF THE OTHER WOMAN and THIS SEX WHICH IS NOT ONE. (ARH)

Introduces the principles and practices of pushing language to its limits. Suggests that rhetoric is the study of the unspeakable and the unsayable. (MS)

Examines the acquisition of a typologically marked construction, preposition stranding, and its unmarked counterpart, preposition pied piping, by learners of English as a second language (ESL). Data demonstrate that preposition stranding is acquired before preposition pied piping. (Author/CB)

Reports that editors say the use of brand names in nonbusiness sections of newspapers has increased in the last 20 years. (FL)

Asserts that the distinguishing focus of the communication discipline is symbolic activity. Suggests that wide recognition of this focus, its scope and coherence would help to resolve important discipline-related controversies. (MS)

Discusses why translation theory has had an inadequate impact on translation practice and gives specific examples of ways in which translation theory can provide the translator with general principles and methods of translating idioms. (SED)

Describes and recommends Cicero's ironic approach to understanding competing theories of genre as a paradigm for the study of rhetorical theory. (MS)

Discusses the ritual Speech on the Address in terms of its function to preserve stability in the English government. Suggests it was not strictly a genre or subgenre. (MS)

Considers Washington's first inaugural in light of the historical and functional contingencies that generated it. Describes personal, situational, and rhetorical influences on Washington. (MS)

Discusses the use of Swedish and Finnish in a bilingual company with offices in both countries. In some work areas, Finnish is the dominant language, in other instances, Swedish is. At many meetings, each person speaks in his/her mother tongue. There seems to be no friction over language choice. (SED)

Reviews concepts from discourse analysis and translates them into instructional techniques that can be used in the classroom to improve reading comprehension. (FL)

Explores the usage and grammatical agreement problems of the words "everyone" and "everybody." (HTH)

Regardless of the syntactic variation of the direct object "a" in Spanish, a great deal of semantic unity underlies its use. Argues that it carries an invariant meaning that is present in every use of the form, and, concomitantly, its absence before a direct object carries an equally invariant meaning within the systematic semantic structure of…

A former school administrator advises several bold steps to strengthen administrators: put meaning into language, reason into changes, responsibility into rights, enforcement into rules, and substance into instruction. (MD)

Considers computer mediated communication in context of a broader set of linguistic issues, analyzes computer mediated communication as a formal modality of linguistic communication, looks at the computer as a replacement for writing and for speech, and predicts linguistic changes that might occur as a result of computer mediated communication.…