The Foochow-English section of the present dictionary lists the Foochow entries in romanized form followed by their Chinese characters and English glosses. The English entries in the English-Foochow section are followed by a notation indicating form class, Foochow gloss in romanized form and Chinese characters, and examples of usage. An…

Ambiguity can be enjoyed in statements without context, in unclear comparisons, in words often confused, and in casual disorders. In spite of the grammarians' efforts to "disambiguate," it is doubtful that any willful act or combination of acts can eliminate ambiguity, since language is a system of symbols which can stand for one thing or another.…

The discussions at a conference on language in the curriculum are presented. The document is divided into five sections: (1) The Conference in Action, (2) Activities in Language, (3) Neglected Viewpoints, (4) Language Study in English Lessons, and (5) Users of Language. A bibliography for language across the curriculum is included. (CK)

Communication solely through language has limitations, but translation of one language into another suffers from even more limitations. This paper explores these limitations, discussing the advantages of graphic symbols, the cultural differences which impede translation, the difficulty of expressing emotion verbally, and the difficulty of…

While the prenominal or postnominal position of descriptive adjectives in Spanish has been widely discussed, there is a partial aspect of this topic which is either ignored or dealt with in a perfunctory manner, namely, the possible existence of a semantic principle determining the sequence of descriptive adjectives in coordinate series of two or…

The various uses (and the forms) of Subjunctive 2 are shown, with a large number of German sentences as examples. Suggestions are given for teaching the various uses and forms of Subjunctive 2 to foreign students of German. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Discusses changes in English usage, specifically; (1) may-might, (2) plural forms, (3) vocabulary changes, and (4) pronunciation. (IFS/WGA)

Discusses the use of the most frequently used Spanish preposition, the "a." Examples of the various instances of use are given. (Text is in Spanish.) (TL)

Examines the structure, history, use, and meaning of the French expression "il y a." (AM)

Analyses the advertising slogan and its relationship to the various functions of language: expressive, incitative, referential, phatic, metalinguistic, and poetic. (AM)

Examines the development and usage of abbreviations in modern French. (AM)

Applies Hugh Rank's intensification-downplay model of language analysis to the doublespeak in advertisements. (MKM)

An etymology of the Spanish "se" from Latin usage. (CHK)

An editorialized report of data accumulated in a study of current American practice in the treatment of problems of usage in general purpose dictionaries. Their descriptive objectivity is characterized as "that of the blind men examining the elephant." Such practices reveal little change from that of Samuel Johnson's 1755 English…