While the prenominal or postnominal position of descriptive adjectives in Spanish has been widely discussed, there is a partial aspect of this topic which is either ignored or dealt with in a perfunctory manner, namely, the possible existence of a semantic principle determining the sequence of descriptive adjectives in coordinate series of two or…

The various uses (and the forms) of Subjunctive 2 are shown, with a large number of German sentences as examples. Suggestions are given for teaching the various uses and forms of Subjunctive 2 to foreign students of German. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Discusses changes in English usage, specifically; (1) may-might, (2) plural forms, (3) vocabulary changes, and (4) pronunciation. (IFS/WGA)

Discusses the use of the most frequently used Spanish preposition, the "a." Examples of the various instances of use are given. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)

Examines the structure, history, use, and meaning of the French expression "il y a." (AM)

Analyses the advertising slogan and its relationship to the various functions of language: expressive, incitative, referential, phatic, metalinguistic, and poetic. (AM)

Examines the development and usage of abbreviations in modern French. (AM)

Applies Hugh Rank's intensification-downplay model of language analysis to the doublespeak in advertisements. (MKM)

An etymology of the Spanish "se" from Latin usage. (CHK)

An editorialized report of data accumulated in a study of current American practice in the treatment of problems of usage in general purpose dictionaries. Their descriptive objectivity is characterized as "that of the blind men examining the elephant." Such practices reveal little change from that of Samuel Johnson's 1755 English…

Argues that the nonfuture use of "will" has exactly the same semantic structure as the future "will," and that the basic meaning of "will" is potential rather than future. (Author/HP)

Discusses how the usage of "to be" verbs can contribute to harmful stigmas, and shows how the rehabilitation counselor can avoid the abuses of labeling and select words that have more concrete meaning, through E-Prime, a method of eliminating all "to be" verbs in written and spoken language (English). (TA)

Discusses, for the benefit of English-speaking students, the use of the article with personal titles in Spanish. (RM)

Recommends for dialog in textbooks a "didactic" rather than a purely natural character, avoiding obtrusive characteristics of any particular speech level. However, for exercises in auditory understanding, familiar colloquial style should be emphasized. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)