An algorithmic language (ALGAMS) was proposed by the group on programing automation for medium type machines. The language is a subset of ALGOL-60. The paper discusses the syntax and semantics of ALGAMS. (Author/GO)

A pseudo assembly language, PAL, was developed and specified for use as the lowest level in a general, multilevel programing system for the realization of cost-effective, hardware-independent Naval software. The language was developed as part of the system called FIRMS (Fast Iterative Recursive Macro System) and is sufficiently general to allow…

Twenty-eight subjects were presented with computer generated grammatically deviant strings and asked to carry out two tasks on each of two experimental days. Task 1 was a forced-choice experiment in which 50 pairs of strings were presented aurally to each subject and he had to select that member of the pair which he felt was the best approximation…

The thesis of the present dissertation is that the Fulani reference system cannot be explained by grammatical rules alone, or by studying isolated sentences, but that one must examine the entire structure of language in context, and that given the semantic inventory plus the semotactics and the grammatical inventory plus the grammar one can not…

This paper discusses the nature of two basic semantic distinctions--intensional/extensional, and mental/physical (mental/physical being similar to abstract/concrete but more concrete)--and how an understanding of their interaction is an essential preliminary to writing a semantically motivated grammar of English. (Author/FWB)

Trait adjectives have both evaluative and denotative meanings. Evaluation of a trait varies with the context of other traits attributed to the person. The meaning-change interpretation suggests that denotative change in trait meaning underlies evaluative change. The evaluative-halo interpretation attributes context effects of single trait ratings…

Ordinary language philosophers content that language is not a unified, consistent system but a form of ordinary human behavior. The assumption by rhetoricians that language is fundamentally a system of symbols is thus unsound, for three reasons: (1) it does not consistently explain which language entities function as symbols; (2) it cannot by…

THE SPECIFIC FAILINGS ARE DISCUSSED IN THE SEMANTIC THEORY OF KATZ AND FODOR PROPOSED WITHIN CHOMSKY'S CURRENT TRANSFORMATIONAL FRAMEWORK. THE FIRST DEALS WITH THE SO-CALLED "RELATIONAL" CONCEPTS. FOR EXAMPLE, IT IS NOT EASY TO SEE HOW ANY SLIGHT MODIFICATION OF THE NOTION OF "SEMANTIC FEATURE" CAN LEAD TO THE CORRECT INTERPRETATION OF COMPARATIVE…

This paper reviewed the original spreading-activation theory developed by M. R. Quillan while trying to correct some common misunderstandings concerning it. It extended the theory in several respects, showed how the extended theory dealt with recent experimental findings, and compared it to the model of Smith, Shoben, and Rips (1974). (Author/RK)

A classification is proposed to identify in some detail the major varieties of meaning, in order to allow the possibility of excluding from semantics many things which go under the name of meaning. (Author/RM)

Data from four recent language studies are examined to explore issues in concept-word relationships. Issues considered include: lexical development, bases of application, single-word functions, semantic domains, categorizing through naming, and concept matching as a model of word learning. (JMB)

Argues that inferring the intension (meaning) of children's words solely from the words' extension (referential scope) is problematic and describes two studies of the intension of children's words which involve a different approach. (JMB)

Proposes a hypothesis explaining the use of the "simple/progressive" dichotomy in the English verb, based on a semantic analysis and on an understanding of "aspect." (AM)

Introduces selected concepts from the Space Grammar theory of linguistic structure. It is argued that the form of the auxiliary, apart from certain morphological adjustments, reflects each step of the conceptual path leading from the speaker to the objective situation described by the main verb. (Author/EJS)

Demonstrates the syntactic and semantic similarities between French nominal expressions with "faire," and attempts to establish a relationship between these expressions and related nominals independent of "faire." (AM)