Several different theories of semiotics and linguistics are examined. (Text is in French.) (PMP)

Author reviewed a challenge by Hollan to his "set/net" distinction. (Author/RK)

The distinction between literal meaning, the domain of semantics, and inferred or implicated meaning, the domain of pragmatics, is examined. Grice's (1975) theory of implicated or conveyed meaning as part of an overall account of cooperative communicative behavior is evaluated. A range of data is presented which challenges Grice's theory.…

This study explores the hypothesis that there is "a positive relationship between an individual's self-concept and his concept of God." The article is followed by a contrary opinion by R. B. Nordberg and by the author's rejoinder. (Author/HMV)

We need a new kind of defense department to protect us from linguistic decay. (JH)

Arguments and examples are given to show that there are neither syntactic nor semantic justifications for a separation of the Spanish subjunctive into two types. (KM)

Suggests that the field of semantics has effectively instructed us not to be manipulated by language but has neglected to emphasize that words do have magical qualities and creative and constructive use can be made of that fact. (TO)

Discusses some of the sexually discriminatory problems encountered and solutions employed by the makers of "The School Dictionary" published in 1972 by the American Heritage Publishing Company. (TO)

Results of several studies of children's definitions of the words "big" and "tall" and "high" are discussed. (ST)

A semantic inventory, an organized network of observations on the lexical structure of Huichol, is presented. Each entry includes a name form or lemma, its pronunciation if not clear from the lemma form, part of speech, and examples to illustrate its range of inflections. The discussion of semantics begins with a syntactic framework for the…

THIS DOCUMENT COMPRISES REPORTS ON TWO TECHNIQUES USED IN SIX EXPERIMENTS DESIGNED TO ASSESS THE SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC PROCESSING OF AUDITORY, LINGUISTIC INPUTS. PAST RESEARCH HAS DEVELOPED THE "PROBE-LATENCY TECHNIQUE," THE FIRST OF THE TWO TECHNIQUES USED IN THIS RESEARCH, FOR ASSESSING THE STRUCTURE OF LINGUISTIC INPUTS. RESULTS TO…

IN ORDER TO COMPARE CONCEPTS OF MEANING SIMILARITY OF ENGLISH AND NAVAHO BILINGUALS, AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED IN NORTHERN ARIZONA WITH 57 NAVAHO EIGHTH GRADERS. THEY WERE CLASSIFIED AS EITHER "COMPOUND" OR "COORDINATE" BILINGUALS ACCORDING TO WHETHER THEY HAD ASSIMILATED TWO LANGUAGES IN ASSOCIATED CONTEXTS OR IN DISSOCIATED…

CONDITIONS OF SEMANTIC SATIATION WERE INVESTIGATED, WHICH LEAD TO "LAPSE OF MEANING" IN THE PRESENCE OF VERBAL REPETITION. RATE AND AMOUNT OF REPETITION AFFECT THE SHAPE OF THE MEANING CURVE, AND VERBAL REPETITION OF A DETERMINED AMOUNT AND RATE MAY GENERATE VARYING AMOUNTS OF REACTIVE INHIBITION WHEN INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ARE…