Argues that corporations use Standard English as a means of domination, that English teachers primarily promote corporate aims, and that it is a bad joke to pretend that teachers are really in charge in their classrooms. (JK)

Spanish modal verbs may express necessity, obligation, probability, and possibility, in either their personal or impersonal modes. Analysis is based on examples of contemporary Madrid speech. Four modals, "poder,""deber (de)," tener que," and "haber que," are placed within a tripartite structure defined by…

Considers the frequently indefinable distinctions between descriptive and prescriptive English grammars, using examples of standard English and dialects to illustrate the uses of each. (Author/CB)

Suggests that the departing tone in Chinese arose not through the loss of the final "h," but through a glottalized phonation stage that is still observable. Historical sources supporting this theory are presented, and an account of the development of middle Chinese tones into Mandarin is proposed. (SED)

Compiled in order to assist researchers and students in identifying works by Black authors, enhancing research and instruction in Afro-American studies, and ensuring that contributions of Afro-American authors to the intellectual development of the nation will not be "lost, strayed, or stolen." Does not purport to be exhaustive. (Author/RDN)

Teachers must learn to accept the fact that variation in language is part of the communicative competence of a linguistically mature individual. (RC)

Makes a case for maintaining experience charts which record children's language in dialect and in Standard English. (RB)

This article explores the modalities of accommodation of two dialectophones [speakers of a dialect] in the Haut-Valais [this is a regional place name], one of whom has lived in Berne, Switzerland for more than 20 years, the other for several years. By exploiting the notion of repertoire, the study focused on the greater or lesser convergence…

Representations of speakers cannot be reduced to categories pre-established by the researcher, whether these correspond to the norm, theory, or common sense. The representational content is organized and works within the interview. Its analysis can allow one to trace different levels of community integration of the speakers that do not necessarily…

Article also appeared in "International Journal of the Sociology of Language," n1. (DD)

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

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