A series of phonetic production and perception experiments were designed to describe the phonological or phonetic domains of two effects in spoken English: final lengthening, generally interpreted as a mark for the edge of some linguistically-defined unit of speech production, and stress-timed shortening, generally interpreted as evidence for…

In an attempt to determine whether the generic "man" has a strong association with maleness, 307 college students (122 males and 185 females) were polled to assess their attitudes about whether people "outgrow" the limited definition of man or whether the generic still retains an exclusionary, "mostly males" coloring. In order to prevent the…

Examines the relationship between speaker and hearer in linguistic communication. (LG)

Spanish and English have exocentric verb+object = subject/instrument compounds, such as "abrelatas" (opens-cans) "can-opener" and "scarecrow." They share a general constructional pattern, consist of "clumps" or subfamilies of forms, and have a negative or jocular tendency. They differ in their individual…

Report of a study conducted to test the verbal behavior of native speakers of Spanish who were asked to provide a verb form not commonly used, the first person singular present tense of the verb "roer." (KM)

Argues that elementary reading materials should reflect the advanced syntax already evident in the language patterns of most youngsters. (RB)

Original Russian version appeared in "Voprosy jazykoznanija" 3, 1971. (DD)

An investigation of the nature of one, 2-year-old child's imitative competence in using the modal auxiliary system of English (using "will" and "can") during two periods two months apart. (ED)

A three part article 1) considering basic requirements for a language typology theory, including qualitative, comparative and quantitative concept development, 2) analyzing and evaluating several of thee better known language typology systems, and 3) comparing and contrasting those systems. (DH)

Ten terms which are used both in mathematics and in psychology are discussed. The similarities and dissimilarities in usage within the two fields are analyzed. Other terms common to both fields are listed. (SD)

The study involving four teachers, two tutors, and ten preschool hearing impaired children investigated both the linguistic relationship between adult and child utterances and the teaching strategies involved in the process of interacting. A literature review focuses on three major areas--language interaction between adults and normally hearing…