AN IMPORTANT HYPOTHESIS OF GENERATIVE GRAMMATICAL THEORY IN RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN THAT GRAMMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS ARE MEANING-PRESERVING. THIS THESIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO SHOW THAT IF CERTAIN OTHER COMMON THEORETICAL ASSUMPTIONS ARE HELD CONSTANT, THAT HYPOTHESIS IS UNTENABLE. RULES OF WORD-DERIVATION--SUFFIXATION, PREFIXATION,…

In this paper, the author examines the confusion that currently exists concerning the term "physical education." In particular, he analyzes the claim that"physical education" is a "family resemblance" term--a word or phrase which may be used to denote fundamentally different concepts, but concepts in which there is some overlapping of…

A high-amplitude sucking procedure, with synthesized female speech, was used to ascertain the effects of fundamental frequency, amplitude, and duration on discrimination of polysyllabic sequences. Results suggest that the exaggerated suprasegmentals of infant-directed speech may function as a perceptual catalyst, focusing the infant's attention on…

Questions the theory of a common conceptual code for knowledge and shows that some of the claims for bilingual equivalence may be accommodated by notions of strategy, set, and skill. Suggests that means-specific representations may provide as plausible an account of knowledge as appeals to a common code do. (EKN)

Argues that the role of a psychological knowledge must be restricted to the understanding of human learning and that more emphasis should be placed on research knowledge about the second language teaching-learning process, of which there currently is very little. (EKN)

Suggests that grammar is not something into which words are plugged but is rather a mechanism by which words are served and that linguistics scientists must begin to devote a major part of their attention to lexicology. (TO)

Summarizes the major concepts, issues, materials, methods, and recommendations related to dialects and dialect instruction. (DP)

Study determined that complex sentences are recalled better if the described events within a sentence are presented in the same sequence as their correct temporal order''; the use of active vs. passive voice was not a factor in remembering the semantic content. (Author/SP)

Presents and analyzes three experiments on prefix stripping. Results show that pseudoprefixed words are indiscriminately treated as prefixed words and concludes that prefix stripping does occur in word recognition and that prefixed words are accessed through a representation of their stem. (Author/BK)

Presents two experiments designed to evaluate how subjects represent and process logical quantifiers in sentences considering verbal string, abstract propositional and abstract analog as models for quantifier memory. Results show that quantifier memory depends on propositional and verbal string information but not analog. (Author/BK)

Although courts are urging linguistic sensitivity, linguistic geographers and sociolinguists are providing evidence on linguistic variety. (RL)

Describes the Stanford Computer Archive of Language Materials (CALM), a computerized archive of language materials available for use by researchers. (DD)

Presents the definitions and evolution of 18 words recently coined. (DD)

Critiques exceptionalist trends in Creole studies, with frequent references to native Haitian Creole. (Author/VWL)

Three experiments investigated the psychological status of the "ego-moving" and "time-moving" metaphors by asking subjects to carry out temporal inferences stated in terms of spatial metaphors. Results provide evidence that people use spatial metaphors in temporal reasoning. Implications for the status of metaphoric systems are discussed.…