Inference is discussed as a factor in the derivation of non-explicit antecedents and referents for three types of discourse anaphora: definite pronouns, "one"-anaphora, and verb phrase ellipsis. This derivation process is seen as being part of the normal process of text-understanding. It is claimed that the use of non-explicit…

Language samples were gathered from two children, from several weeks after the first birthday of each child to the beginning of the child's two-word period (approximately 10 months). The children were observed and videotaped every two weeks, to obtain 33 continuous minutes of tape. Analyses focused on the question of whether or not the child uses…

Using examples drawn from books, magazines, newspapers, and television programs, this book examines linguistic sexism in the hope that if people consciously discard the semantic symbols of deeply rooted cultural assumptions, in time they will be freed from their power. The nine chapters discuss the following topics: how the way the culture's…

Challenges three of Chomsky and Halle's basic phonological assumptions that their vowel shift rule is valid, that the underlying phonological representations are the only sound representation to be listed in the lexicon, and that derived words do not appear as wholes in the lexicon. Reprint requests should be addressed to Danny D. Steinberg,…

This article is a follow-up to the author's "Developments in the Teaching of the Russian Verbal System," in which determination of the "basic stem" is discussed. Here, the morphological behavior of Russian verbs is outlined, according to a classification system grounded on this basic stem. (Text is in Russian.) (DH)

An historical linguistic view of the behavior of the Russian reflexive particle "sja" with verbs in literary usage during the 16th-19th centuries. Texts from Russian "Povesti" provide examples from which changes in usage, orthography, and pronunciation are noted. (Text is in Russian.) (DH)

Examines the notions of ambiguity and disambiguation, and of understanding word meaning as facets of communication. (CK)

First language acquisition studies reveal that children overextend the minimal distance principle (MDP) during their acquisition of infinitive complement structures. The MDP dictates the interpretation of the logical subject of the infinitive in these structures and overrides marked lexical features such as subject control. Misinterpretations by…

A set of six conditions for critically analyzing proposals in the various areas of language acquisition is developed and justified. These conditions are then applied to theoretical proposals in language acquisition literature. Proposals in the following areas are discussed and evaluated: (1) phonological development, (2) early lexical development,…