Author suggests that pupils will write more coherent and unified compositions if they are taught to look for the logical connection between parts, looking to see if two parts are joined by an and" relationship, an and then" relationship, a but" relationship, a more specifically" relationship or a therefore" relationship. (PD)

Paper presented at the 1971 Summer Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Buffalo, New York. Assesses an analysis made by Charles Fillmore on the grammar of the English verbs hit'' and break''. (VM)

First part of a continued article. (DS)

Research based on a master's thesis submitted at Michigan State University. (VM)

Subjects between 8 and 20 years of age were tested for competence on an exception to a grammatical rule, the minimal distance rule. (Authors)

People tend to tailor their language to fit a particular situation. A person's choice of words in describing a burglary might be innovative. Similarly, an adult conversing with a child might alter his vocabulary to communicate his thoughts. (CK)

Based on a paper written in 1965 for a committee preparing textbook materials for the English Language Institute (ELI). Revised version appeared as "ELI Research Papers, 1968, number 1. (DS)

Develops F. de Saussure's metaphor that likens the study of linguistics to the study of mathematics, because of the complexity of both disciplines. (DS)