Research is reviewed on children's fluency disruptions (including definitions, nature and types of self-interruptions, and typical and atypical discourse development). A collaborative approach to classroom intervention is proposed which focuses on the dynamics of the classroom environment and interaction patterns. (CL)

Summarizes an activity designed to remind counselors of language patterns that enable clients to re-create their conception of reality and claim their inherent personal power. The multiple choice activity presents examples of ways counselors can help clients choose language that expresses personal control. (JAC)

The formation of French neologisms by combining two words is not a recent phenomenon but appears in Rabelais' work and has become more apparent in recent years. The trend marks a kind of evolution in the French attitude toward language, and thus merits considerable attention. (MSE)

Discusses the types of structures that may follow a particular verb in English and attempts some generalization that may be helpful in the English as a second language classroom. (EKN)

Spaces of meaning are stratified to establish congruence among those belonging to the same semiotic "beams." Individuals may be geographically close yet unable to cooperate because they are not attuned to the same semiotic territory. Families of signs characterize each semiotic territory in which inhabitants are linked conceptually. Symbols and…

Revised version of a paper presented at the Northwest Anthropological Conference, Corvallis, Oregon, March 1970. (DD)

The effect of phonetic similarity was reported in a study of sound imitation and recall in 14 first or second grade children. (Author/DB)

Paper presented at the Linguistic Section of ACFAS in Ottawa, Canada, October 13, 1972. (DS)

Presidential address delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the Modern Language Association of Great Britain held January 2, 1973, the University of Surrey, Guildford, England. (DS)

Discussion of the French partitive article based on its example in the metonymic use of the proper name to describe the work of an artist, e.g., C'est de l'Eluard,'' (That's a bit of Eluard). (RS)

Paper presented at the 11th Conference on American Indian Languages, Toronto, Canada, December 1972; research supported by the Doris Duke Foundation and a University of Arizona Predoctoral Fellowship. (RS)

Transparent" refers to words formed from other words in such a way that meanings and relationships to the original object or concept are clearly suggested; the author analyzes and classifies the processes according to which these types of words are formed. (RS)

Discussion of Harald Weinrich's Tempus--Besprochene und Erzahlte Welt" and its discussion of the grammatical implications of time and tense. (RS)