Argues against Chomsky's conception of deep structure (underlying representation) and surface structure in phonology. (DD)

The present experiment compared noun-pair learning, with and without sentence elaboration, on pairs representing all combinations of high and low frequency of usage on the stimulus and response side. (Author)

Discusses papers delivered at the third triennial congress of the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquee held in Copenhagen. Several papers dealt with current work using computers for language analysis and processing. (Author/RK)

Discussion of statistical apparatus employed in L. Doncheva-Mareva's article on the wide-spread usage of the present and future tense forms with future meaning in German letters, Deutsch als Fremdsprache, n1 1971. (RS)

Conclusions from five experiments were: that the frequency of implicit associational responses has minimal effect on verbal-discrimination and two-category classification learning; and that the intrapair associations which do develop in verbal-discrimination learning are not critically involved in the making of those discriminations. (Authors/CB)

Three experiments are described which were designed to explore the usefulness of the three principles of abbreviation and to examine the effects of certain stimulus variables. (Authors/CB)

Results showed that imagery and frequency factors have independent and additive effects in verbal discrimination learning. (Author)

Major purpose of the experiments was to use an instrumental response to study the form of semantic generalization gradients obtained following single-cue and discrimination training procedures. (Authors)

Discusses the four best known English word-lists (West, Thorndike-Lorge, Howes, Kucera), with regard to frequency and as a basis for selection in various teaching contexts. (IFS/WGA)

The study involving 35 educable mentally retarded (EMR) children (8 to 11 years old) investigated the effects of manipulating the potency of contextual information in sentences and assessed the role which word frequency plays in eliciting responses. Results supported the facilitative effects of contextual information on word identification of EMR…

The size of linguistic elements (morphemes, words or word groups) varies proportionately with their frequency. Because word frequency is unstable, this balance can be disturbed. When elements become too long in relation to their frequency, they are reduced. Examples from Latin illustrate the theory. (PMJ)