Provides representative statistics concerning the degree and rank-ordering of irregularity among verb tenses of Spanish. Indicates that the present is the most morphologically irregular of all Spanish tenses. The least irregular tense is the imperfect. (SL)

The priority effect being studied is higher first-list than second-list recall induced by the absence of an immediate test on the first list. The hypothesis that this effect is caused by the subject's expectation of a later test was tested in this experiment. (Author/RM)

A statistical framework is suggested for comparing a single partition of an object set to a second partition posited a priori or possibly to a more general proximity matrix. (Author/RM)

Two experiments investigated the representation of meaning and input language in bilingual memory. (Author/RM)

Discusses two experiments into a subject's "Different" reaction time in judging whether two test instances are members of the same semantic category. (Author/RM)

In research on the historical present tense, neither interviews nor tape-recorded group sessions proved neutral or adequate. An explanation is found in the notion of a speech event, and simple techniques of participation are advocated. (Author/RM)

Discusses the improper use of superlatives in Spanish. (Text is in Spanish.) (CLK)

Subjects compared the magnitudes of pairs of concepts from the semantic orderings of time, quality and temperature. Results showed that the semantic representations of ordered terms contain subjective magnitude information. (Author/RM)

Discusses the etymologies of words of Far Eastern origin included in "Webster's Third Dictionary." (TO)

Reports research on the meaning and use of racial labels, particularly among black and white intellectuals. (TO)

Discusses common deletions of initial syllables in ordinary English language conversation and provides numerous examples of each category of deletion. (TO)