The term "curriculum" is ambiguous in that it is used to name a field of phenomena, a fund of knowledge about that field, a kind of knowledge within that fund, and the set of rules by which the fund is substantiated. This paper suggests that to relieve this ambiguity it is necessary to develop an appropriate set of terms with strict…

Suggests that the Royal Spanish Academy change the definition of "neblina" in the next edition of the "Dictionary of the Spanish Language" to "niebla ligera" or "light fog," and cites literary usage in support. (Text is in Spanish.) (CK)

The terms "meaning" and "significance," as they relate to literary criticism, are considered in the first section of this paper. The paper then examines the meaning of "hermeneutics," the classical discipline concerned with the understanding of texts; introduces the "isomorph" construct; and demonstrates the…

A universal syntax checker was constructed to be utilized with a text editor in a time-sharing environment. This syntax checker is a top-down, left-right, slow-back parser that will provide, when supplied the syntax of any language in the Backus-normal form, a syntax check for any string written in a language described. The procedure is capable of…

Examines the semantics of functional language and discusses the role of linguistics in describing language needs and function. (AM)

Discusses the modalities of "de re" and "de dicto" with reference to Aristotle's system, Barcan's formula, and Kripke's semantics. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

An hypothesis is proposed to explain the differences between the Russian conjunctions "no" and "odnako." Nine short passages are discussed to illustrate their usage. (RM)

Reviews issues to be considered in determining the order of meanings for a lexeme in a dictionary entry and compares techniques for deciding order. Types of ordering include importance, frequency, logical ordering, dominant meaning, syntactic, and historical. (MSE)

Discusses the botanical, animal, clothing, and genealogy metaphors and personification present in terminology which describes the computer and its functions, and asserts that computers are becoming so personified there is little difference between terms associated with humans and computers. It is also suggested that programmers are becoming less…

Up to two-thirds of African languages have a system of noun classification of some sort. This paper proposes an alternative approach to the noun class system of the Dagaare and Akan languages based more on an interaction between morphology and phonology than on semantics. Dagaare and Akan are two West African languages that exhibit mainly suffixal…

This article deals with denominal adjectives, also referred to by linguists as pseudo-adjectives or non-predicating adjectives. These adjectives are seldom used predicatively. This article explores the mechanism of this syntactical constraint. Examples of non-predicating adjectives that do not respect this syntactic constraint are analyzed. It is…

Explains and analyzes Alfred Korzybski's philosophy of General Semantics and tis implications for English instruction. (RB)

Sequel to an article by S.J. Roganova in Russisch'', 2, 73. (DD)

This paper discusses the empirical conditions for the clarification of the relations between space and time in order to help solve difficulties that are epistemic in nature and often arise when an instructor tries to communicate scientific concepts. (GB)