Considers four issues that arise from work on origin and evolution of writing: (1) the functions of writing, (2) influence of writing and writing systems on the writer, (3) role of writing topic on writing, and (4) writing and the decontextualization of knowledge. Also considers the implications of these issues for research on and the teaching of…

Studied bilingual children and children learning a second language using a picture-word interference task. The printed distractors interfered with naming both on trials where the distractor and naming language were the same and on trials where they were different. These and other results question whether an "input switch" operates for bilingual…

Examines the linguistic and technical factors that are responsible for the intractability of the computer input problem caused by Japanese orthography and the social factors that lend it a sense of urgency. (FL)

Argues that critical reading is educationally and logically distinct from functional reading and a disregard for this distinction and for the sequential primacy of functional reading decreases the efficiency of reading instruction. (Author/RB)

A formal theory of human understanding was developed and embodied in a computer program, UNDERSTAND, which simulates the understanding processes. Due to the number of alternative processing choices, some assumptions were made which are analyzed based on their validity. (Author/DEP)

This paper, presented at the Eastern Psychological Association Convention, New York, 1975, shows how suicide and simulated notes and forced-death documents were processed on the Harvard III Psycho-Sociological Dictionary. Frequencies of related words were generated and contrasted with each other. Results indicated suicidal groups were more…

The Bliss Symbol System, an international pictorial language, is being used in Great Britain to help children with speech difficulties communicate in school and home. (IM)

This article discusses the neglect of "metaphor" by translation theorists, and the translation implications of "metaphor.""Metaphor" is defined, the process of translating it is reviewed and a number of examples of metaphors translated from Hebrew to English are given. (CLK)

Isotopy'' is constituted by a redundance of linguistic units, which may or may not be manifest, on the level of expression or the level of content. (DD)

A literary style intent on relating the written word to sound via word length, rhythm, stress, and intonation, has produced a new phonic literature related to the needs of the present. (MM)

Discusses the changes in language resulting from mass media advertising in England. (RB)

Takes issue with educational systems which stress only oral language skills to the detriment of written skills. (DD)

Explores the rationale and the need to implement the holistic method of reading instruction. (RB)