Demonstrates the use of a directed graph model as a tool for finding desirable minimum vocabularies to be used in indexing and information retrieval. The basic algorithm is outlined, possible enhancements to the model are discussed, and further research questions are suggested. (Author/CLB)

Paper presented to the staff of the English Language Branch--Defense Language Institute, Lockland Air Force Base, Lockland, Texas, 1973. (HW)

Part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. Comments are based on the compiling of A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue''. Paper presented at the Table Ronde de Lexicographie Historique, Florence, Italy, May 4, 1971. (DD)

Discusses the assignment of status lables (colloquial, illiterate, popular, slang) to indicate the degree of acceptability of a particular word. Article is part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. (DD)

Part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. (DD)

Evaluation of The New Michaelis Illustrated Dictionary'', Volume II. (DD)

Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Linguistics and Translation, October 4-7, 1972, Montreal, Canada. (DD)

Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Linguistics and Translation, October 4-7, 1972, Montreal, Canada. (DD)

After presenting various problems related to the lexicon in a linguistic theory, the author suggests a procedure for overcoming the problems. (MF)

Continuation of the Mexican Section of Madaline Nichols'"A Bibliographical Guide to Materials on American Spanish," published in 1941 by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass; and of Hensley C. Woodbridge's "An Annotated Bibliography of Mexican Spanish for 1940-1953," in "Kentucky Foreign Language Quarterly," v1…

The overall construction, internal organization, and utility of an inventory of Black African French variants are reviewed and found highly useful. Part of a page is reproduced as an example. (MSE)

Proposes that the major criteria for handling compound words should rest upon their orthography (physical form), lexicography (dictionary definition), and semantics, with special attention given to possible homographs. BS 5723 is criticized for failing to pay sufficient attention to the requirements of mechanized systems. Thirty-one references are…

Suggests a unified concept of a lexical subsystem as part of an information system to deal with lexical problems in local and network environments. The linguistic and control functions of the lexical subsystems in solving problems for large computer systems are described, and references are included. (Author/BK)