An analysis of the conceptual development of children between the ages of five and six. The interrelationship of such concepts a big, long, small, and short is discussed. (JLH)

This paper presents an inventory of the features that are necessary to describe vowel systems in the languages of the world. The relationship between the features and then articulatory and acoustic correlates is explored. (Author/NCR)

Recent empirical research into the meaning of words for color provides evidence that contradicts two widely held beliefs in linguistics and the philosophy of language. This paper presents a summary of this evidence, uses it as a basis to construct a general model of basic color-term semantics, and explores the implications of this model for…

This article argues that morphosemantic sets are a consequence of general properties of language structure. Thus the sets serve as a framework for advancing the study of motivation as a functional feature of language use. (Author/NCR)

The author emphasizes the importance of concepts and mathematical form in a discussion of understanding mathematics. (MN)

Psycholinguistic literature discounts the role of three social learning variables: feedback or reinforcement, modeling or imitation, and contextual constraints on language. Social learning, function, and context in language acquisition have been underrepresented in favor of cognitive and structural factors, which are limited because they…

Attempts to show that study of the differences between English and Chinese can help account for the difficulties Chinese speakers have in learning English and vice versa. Discussion focuses on: What devices are used to signal important structural meanings in the two languages? How do they differ from each other? (Author/KM)

A report on a study to identify the relationship between subjects' age and their ability to imitate critical sounds of German. By having 210 American subjects repeat 20 critical German sounds in a non-critical context, a hierarchy of these sounds was established. Methodological conclusions are indicated. (AMH)

This article discusses the problems invovled in presenting grammar in a threshold approach to French as a second language. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article outlines the elements that make up face-to-face interaction, and the role of language in such interaction, using as an example the kind of interaction that could take place in a post office. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article outlines and comments on the system of "capitalizable units" and the threshold level approach to the teaching of second languages. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

The roots and development of the Spanish language are outlined, and Columbus' discovery of Puerto Rico and meetings with the Indian inhabitants are described. Mixed with the native language and spoken by the native people, it has evolved into the rich idiom spoken in Puerto Rico today. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

Language and communication are not composed solely of traditional words. Sounds of a language also affect intercultural understanding and communication. (Author/HP)

Written in Spanish, the article focuses on the sociolinguistic characteristics of Chicano Spanish and a method for emphasizing the morphosyntactic component in dialect studies. The term dialect is applied to the language used in the Southwest. The term sub-dialect is utilized to indicate local variations within the Southwest. (NQ)

A proposal to transform Spanish into a universal language because it possesses the prerequisites: it is a living language, spoken in several countries; it is a natural language; and it uses the ordinary alphabet. Details on simplification and standardization are given. (Text is in Spanish.) (AMH)