Evidence for speaker knowledge of morphological patterns, both derivational and inflectional, is not limited to productive patterns. Nonproductive patterns appear to be accessible in such a way that accessibility (a term preferred to "psychological reality") may be viewed as a function of four somewhat interdependent factors: (1) productivity, (2)…

This paper discusses difficulties in defining Standard American English, and the question of whether there is a need to define it. Several theories on why such a dialect should be defined are described. These are: the "propriety" theory, the "psychological" theory, the "power and prestige" theory, and the "better tool" theory, the "psychological"…

Culminating a 6-month assessment effort by Control Data Corporation's (CDC) Engineering Management Operations (EMO), the report was prepared to help meet the Department of Agriculture's need for an assessment of (1) rural health care services research as a whole and (2) the knowledge contained in that research. The CDC "Final Report" was presented…

Historically, the dominant culture in the United States has, consciously or inadvertently, attempted to assimilate minority cultures -- hence, the term "melting pot". Yet despite several centuries of systematic Americanization, there remains a definite cultural mosaic in the United States. In the post-Melting Pot Era, such terms as…

Eleven indexes of rurality and their effect on the classification of Michigan's 83 counties were investigated. The indexes were based on different concepts of rurality: (1) percent of employment in agriculture, fishing, and forestry; (2) population density and distance to urban centers; and (3) economic conditions. Index rankings were compared to…

Fifty-two types of educational institutions in Austria are described according to the following categories: educational stages, normal age group, duration of studies, terms used for classes, examinations, diploma or degrees conferred, outlet (normal activity of graduating students), categories and titles of teaching and senior administrative…

An attempt is made to show the importance of modern audiovisual (AV) aids and techniques to management training. The first two chapters give the background to the present situation facing the training specialist. Chapter III considers the AV aids themselves in four main groups: graphic materials, display equipment which involves projection, and…

An account of the dictionaries, great and small, of the English-speaking world is given in this book. Subjects covered include the origin of English dictionaries, early dictionaries, Noah Webster and his successors to the present, abridged dictionaries, "The Oxford English Dictionary" and later dictionaries patterned after it, the…

This paper introduces terminology for the Netherlands school system. Forty-five types of schools are very briefly described in terms of: educational stage, normal age group, duration of studies, terms used for classes, examinations, diploma or degree, articulation after graduation, categories and titles of teaching and senior administrative staff,…

Fifty-three types of educational institutions in Finland are briefly described according to the following descriptive categories: educational stages, normal age group, duration of studies, terms used for classes, examinations, diploma or degree, articulation after graduation, categories and titles of teaching and senior administrative staff, and…

This paper discusses the rationale and teaching methods for a six-week unit, for a high school freshman English Class, on perception, semantics, and writing, which places special focus on developing tension in student writing. The first four objectives of the course focus on perception and the next two focus on semantics. The seventh…

Population characteristics of rural youth (persons under 25 years of age) living in the Southwestern States of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas are presented. Data were collected from the 1970 U.S. Census of Population Final Reports for the individual States. This report is organized into two sections: (1) the analytical text…

Prepared as a part of the Career Education Project of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the paper reviews the varying definitions of the term "career education" and describes the evolution of the concept, schema, and models. Evidence of acceptance and support of the career education concept by education agencies is examined.…

This paper attempts to provide a coherent conceptual framework for the dissemination efforts of the Research and Development Center. It distinguishes three quite different ways in which the term, "dissemination", is used: 1) spread of information to a receptive audience; 2) the effort to induce large-scale change by a wide variety of…

The basic issues covered in this paper are (1) the determination of whether there is a clear rationale for a sociology of development and (2) a determination of the divergent strategies for the implementation of development programs which have advantages that transcend the preservation of certain philosophical orientations and political…