THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF TWO MAJOR PARTS, LESSONS AND DIALOGS. BOTH THE LESSONS AND THE DIALOGS ARE ACCOMPANIED THROUGHOUT WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. PRELIMINARY MATERIAL ON PRONUNCIATION, WITH DRILLS, PRECEDES THE LESSONS. APPENDED TO THE LESSONS ARE A GLOSSARY AND AN INDEX OF GRAMMATICAL POINTS COVERED. EACH LESSON CONSISTS OF FOUR PARTS--(1) TEXT,…

THE PAPERS THAT WERE PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE HELD IN APRIL 1966 ARE REPRODUCED, AND AN EDITED TRANSCRIPT OF THE DISCUSSION THAT AROSE FROM THE PAPERS IS INCLUDED. THE PAPERS PRESENTED IN THE THREE SESSIONS WERE--(1) AFRICAN STUDIES IN THE UNITED STATES, (2) AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE AS A DEGREE SUBJECT IN GREAT BRITAIN, (3) AFRICAN…

THESE SUPPLEMENTARY DIALOGUES WERE DESIGNED TO FOLLOW THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE TEXT "AN ACTIVE INTRODUCTION TO SWAHILI, GENERAL CONVERSATION". BASED ON THE TOPICS PRESENTED IN THE TEXT, THE DIALOGUES APPEAR IN PHONEMIC TRANSCRIPTION OF SWAHILI IN THE LEFT-HAND COLUMN, WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION ON THE RIGHT. (AM)

THIS PAPER PRESENTS THE SECOND PART OF A THREE-PART ARTICLE ON CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE OF GANDA. THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS OF THIS PART ARE (1) THE TONOMORPHOLOGY OF NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES AND (2) BASIC SETS OF ABSOLUTE AND DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS. TONAL DECLENSIONS OF NOUNS AND PRONOUNS ARE PRESENTED ACCORDING TO CLASS, REPRESENTING…

A categorical difference between the verbal groups of English and German is discussed. The English verbal group is analyzed as consisting of a lexical constituent and modifiers. The latter divide into four groups of (full) auxiliaries (passive, aspect, time relation, and epistemic modals) and into the two main classes of verbal and non-verbal…

This three-volume course is intended to provide a foundation in the grammar of classical Chinese on which the student who plans to specialize in classical studies can build, and to give the student of modern Chinese sufficient knowledge of literary Chinese for his purposes. It is assumed that the student can already pronounce Chinese words, use a…

The purpose of this project was to create a machine-readable format for genealogical data. The Library of Congress MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) bibliographic system was used as the pattern in producing the format. Tags and codes were used to uniquely identify the components of the record for computer manipulation. The resultant structure,…

DOTSYS III is a COBOL program for the translation of English text into standard English braille, also known as grade 2 braille. Text in foreign languages or English may be transliterated as grade 1 braille or "computer" braille. The program's method of operation together with instructions on using the program, modifying or extending the…

The interpreter in criminal cases generally has had a purely linguistic training with no difference from the education received by his colleague interpreters. The position of interpreters in criminal cases is vague and their role depends to a large extent on individual interpretation of officials involved in the criminal procedure. Improvements on…

At Wayne State University research activity in the Department of Slavic Languages during the reporting period was concentrated on linguistic analysis, documentation, and on revising existing programs to run on new hardware. A survey was made of activities in the field of machine translation during the 1960's. Two studies were conducted by members…

AURAL-ORAL METHODS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF LEARNING A SECOND LANGUAGE WERE COMPARED AND CONTRASTED. JAPANESE LANGUAGE LESSONS WERE PRESENTED ENTIRELY BY TAPE, WITHOUT THE CORRECTION OF A MONITOR, TO TWO GROUPS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS. ONE GROUP USED A TEXT OF TRANSLATIONS THE OTHER DID NOT. EACH OF THESE GROUPS WAS FURTHER DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS…

THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF ENGLISH-LIKE LANGUAGES IS DESCRIBED WHICH IS TRANSLATABLE INTO FORMS OF A FIRST-ORDER PREDICATE CALCULUS NOTATION. THE STUDY IS BASED ON THE HYPOTHESIS THAT SYNTACTIC AMBIGUITY ARISING FROM DIFFERENCES IN DEEP STRUCTURE CAN BE ADEQUATELY DESCRIBED ONLY IF THE DEEP STRUCTURES CAN BE SYSTEMATICALLY REPRESENTED. THE NOTATION…

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…

A French-English glossary of 205 terms referring to personnel in the hotel business. (AMH)

Six brief essays discuss English/French translation with regard to alcohol breath tests, magnetic tapes, nautical terminology, electrical terminology, and titles of hotel staff. (AM)