The use of "a,""de," or nothing preceding complement infinitives in French is addressed from the perspective of the deeper grammatical relations involved, and possible instructional strategies are suggested. Examples and comparisons are made in English. Unlike the traditional approach, it is assumed that a preposition is…

Analyzes the syntactical, stylistic, and pronominal constraints which influence the distribution of prefix and non-prefix forms in Indonesian. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Attempts to show that phrase-structure diagrams (commonly called trees) are inadequate for the representation of meaning, particularly for that variety of meaning called descriptive content. (RS)

Deals with the origin of active participles in Modern Standard Russian; study based on the participial system of Old Church Slavonic described by Ruzicka. Paper presented at the 7th International Congress of Slavists, Warsaw, Poland, August 1973. (RL)

Partial report of a more extensive investigation. (SK)

Beginning portion of an article based on the author's 1970 doctoral dissertation at the University of Frankfurt, West Germany. (WB)

Article to be continued. (DS)