ORGANIZED INTO TWO MAIN SECTIONS--BOOKS AND ARTICLES AND SERIAL PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLISHERS--THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BERBER LANGUAGES REPRESENTS 758 ENTRIES, SOME OF WHICH ARE ANNOTATED. SUBDIVISIONS INCLUDE GENERAL LINGUISTICS, DIALECT GEOGRAPHY, PHONOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, SYNTAX, LEXICON, TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS, HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES,…

The impact of bilingual/bicultural instruction on English education could be a lessening of low success, undifferentiated teaching. The demand for accommodation of cultural pluralism in the classroom could result in training practices and attitudinal growth that will produce the kind of positive individualization in school practice that will…

THE AUTHOR, WHO SPENT A YEAR AS A FORD FELLOW STUDYING THE NON-STANDARD ENGLISH OF STUDENTS IN DETROIT, DESCRIBES BRIEFLY A SERIES OF TAPED LANGUAGE LESSONS FOR SECONDARY LEVEL WHICH WERE FOUND TO BE "EFFECTIVE TO A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE." (SEE RELATED DOCUMENT ED 003 588.) FURTHER EXPERIMENTATION WAS CARRIED OUT ON THE FIRST LEVEL OF PRIMARY SCHOOL,…

THE UZBEKS BELONG TO THOSE TURKIC-SPEAKING PEOPLES WHO HAVE A RICH LITERARY TRADITION. THE STUDY OF THE OLD UZBEK LITERARY LANGUAGE (SOMETIMES REFERRED TO INCORRECTLY AS "CHAGATAY") IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE FOR DETERMINING THE PERIOD OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE UZBEK LITERARY LANGUAGE. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR ESTABLISHING ITS…

DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS INTEREST IN SOCIOLINGUISTICS, THE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE RELATION OF LINGUISTIC FORMS AND SOCIAL MEANING, HAS GREATLY ACCELERATED. IN CONTRAST TO THE FIELD OF PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, MANY OF THE MAIN FIGURES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS ARE LINGUISTS WHO HAVE FOUND THAT SOCIAL FEATURES ARE CONTINUALLY CENTRAL TO…

THIS FIRST ISSUE OF THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION "BREAKTHROUGH" SERIES ANNOUNCES CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IDEAS AND PRACTICES TO HELP SCHOOL SYSTEMS SELECT CURRICULUM MATERIALS. IT IS WRITTEN BY AND DIRECTED PRIMARILY TOWARD ENGLISH TEACHERS. THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES ARE INCLUDED--"A NEW RESPECT FOR ENGLISH" BY ELAINE E.…

The objectives of this study were to investigate the effect of four different reading programs on the decoding and comprehension skills of second and third graders. One reading program used a basal reading series which exercised little control over the grapheme-phoneme correspondences presented in the vocabulary. The second program used a basal…

This book defines the concept of language; examines what pupils do when they learn, recall, and transfer information; and explains how cognitive processes and language processes differ during various maturational levels and among various experiential settings. Subjects dealt with include: four models by which language can be studied; the elements…

The first report in this research monograph, "Black English as an Instructional Tool for Teaching Arithmetic," states that black elementary school students in a suburban school improved in ability to do math problems after a 6-week program in which Black English and easier-to-read words were used in the problems. At the same time, a control group…

Although the middle class child may come to school with a fairly large and useful vocabulary, teachers must be concerned with the extension of that vocabulary beyond its present limits. While the language of the middle class child is probably not an important concern in the choice of reading methods or the selection of word lists, it does have…

This journal provides a focal point for the collection and distribution of systematically processed information about theory and practice in theatre. Part of an irregularly published series, this issue contains investigations of the interaction between director and actor in rehearsal, a possible diagnostic system for evaluating student acting…

The short-range purposes of this study were (1) to determine parental attitudes about the appropriateness of two varieties of Black English for their children in three contexts (classroom, neighborhood, and home) and in four language arts areas (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), and (2) to show how parents' attitudes are related to their…

This paper presents a diachronic phonological analysis of French in order to show that Kiparsky's (1972) argument against formal (or language-specific) notation is based on a small sample of phenomena and is therefore not valid. Examples of vocalic tension in French are given, and the process from tension to relaxation is described. This tension…

The purposes of this study were to redefine, through further experimentation, previously developed instruments measuring bidialectal proficiency; to measure any possible developmental trends in bidialectal proficiency; and to establish the relation of proficiency in black standard English (BSE) and black nonstandard English (BNSE) to other…

This article contrasts the geography, history, customs, personality features, costumes, language, music, cooking, and way of life of Brittany and of Provence. The Bretons are Celtic peoples and speak a Celtic tongue, "Breton," while the people of Provence were assimilated into the society of their Roman conquerors and speak…