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

Attacks the notion that a literal meaning can be defined for every sentence, independent of its context. (AM)

Examines some of the difficulties involved in the legal use of the term "raison social" in Quebec law, and makes recommendations for improving the situation through new terminology. (AM)

Considers the various meanings and uses of the Russian particle "khot'." The article adapts material from "Particles in Colloquial Russian" (Progress Publishers, Moscow) by A.N. Vasilyeva. (Text is in German.) (FB)

Illustrates how poetry may evoke reactions of intensional and extensional meanings which are the key to poetry therapy sessions. (HOD)

Describes a study which ascertained what influences (if any) general semantics training might have on one's "allness orientation," or the belief that one is in possession of all the facts, with dogmatic insistence on their concrete reality. (HOD)

The effect of typicality of category exemplars on naming was investigated using a single subject experimental design across participants and behaviors in four patients with fluent aphasia. Patients trained on naming of atypical exemplars demonstrated generalization to naming of intermediate and typical items. However, patients trained on typical…

Describes and compares restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses and shows that, when studying their superficial differences, there is no need for construction-specific stipulations that distinguish between them. All the superficial differences between the two are derived from the single basic difference that one is a modifier and the other is not.…

Explores the fit between syntax and semantics by addressing the following questions: (1) To what extent is the distribution of bare infinitive complements semantically motivated? and (2) What is the function of infinitival to? (46 references) (GLR)

Contrasts the hypothetical conditional or "modo potencial" in Spanish with the subsequence conditional. Passages from "El habla de la ciudad de Mexico" and from works by Carballido and Borges are cited as examples. Other grammatical studies of the Spanish conditional are reviewed. (LMO)

Discusses the numerical distribution of the six logically possible orders of the Subject (S), Object (O), and Verb (V) across world languages. It is argued that the semantic relations of S, O, and V are best characterized as three concentric regions; S contained in O and O contained in V. (29 references) (Author/VWL)

This article provides a brief history of selected Russian economic terms, traces the history of their valuation, and focuses on the rationale for their evolution. (Contains eight references.) (JL)

Describes a classroom activity called "Let's Party" (borrowed from Ruth McCubbrey) and tells how it gives students a genuine feeling for the concepts and principles of general semantics. (SR)

Reviews the name changes of schools, associations, and state departments trying to overcome the negative image of vocational education. Questions whether a name change is cosmetic or useful. (SK)

Describes a project conducted at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York) that developed methods for automatically subdividing pages from technical journals into smaller semantic units for transmission, display, and further processing in an electronic environment. Topics discussed include optical scanning and image compression, digital image…