A linguistic analysis of a prose text from Somerset Maugham's "On a Chinese Screen" is made under the following four heads: (1) Content and Organization; (2) Lexis; (3) Grammatical Structure; and (4) Typographical Features. (CFM)

Discusses some of the unique situational characteristics of contemporary criminal proceedings which influence the rhetorical options of the trial judge. Available from: Speaker and Gavel, Allen Press, P.O. Box 368, Lawrence, KS 66044. Subscription Rate: $5.00 per year. (MH)

Analyzes the syntactical, stylistic, and pronominal constraints which influence the distribution of prefix and non-prefix forms in Indonesian. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

This paper consists chiefly of a list of 50 paired sentences illustrating three styles of spoken Brazilian Portuguese: Informal, neutral and formal. (Text is in Portuguese.) (CHK)

This article focuses on the use of metadiscursive expressions and discourse particles that are produced in great numbers by two groups of Montreal French speakers in different time periods and that have generally been regarded as language ticks. Elements of the first group make explicit the conscious state of speakers with respect to their…

The purpose of this book is to set forth the elements of English grammar in their relation to thought and the expression of thought. This object has been the guiding principle in the selection of material, in the treatment of forms and constructions, and in the fashioning of the very numerous illustrative exercises. The Introduction explains in…

Research supported by a research fellowship and field research training grant from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (National Institute for Mental Health. (DD)

Neologism is a term for any word introduced into a language regardless of the method of its creation. (DD)

Second part of a continued article; number'' refers to the singular or plural of words. (SK)

Authors believe that the best immediate contribution of systematic language study would be to sweep away the morass of simple ignorance in which literacy is now caught, the elaborate folklore that prevails in language matters. (Authors/MB)