The production of word-initial stop consonants /p t k/ and /b d g/ was investigated in the speech of 37 deaf and six normally hearing adolescents. It is argued here that the deaf child does not simply make errors in speaking, but instead realizes sounds in accordance with a deviant phonological system. (Author/TL)

This article discusses the concept of the archiphoneme and specifically defends the notion of neutralization. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Three experiments are reported which attempt to provide a basis for assessing the importance of word shape for beginning readers. Kindergarten and first grade students chose from an array the response alternatives that most resembled a nonsense stimulus trigram or quingram. (GO)

Studies the variety of Arabic imperative sentences seen as a result of interrelated sets of choices from a limited number of binary systems, and accounts for their occurrence in certain situations. Relevant features of Arabic imperative structures are compared with their nearest English equivalents. (CB)

Develops a method of analyzing and describing the acoustic properties of fricatives, which consists of making frequency spectra using the Fast Fourier Transform and then analyzing the spectra in terms of critical bands. The six fricatives of Chinese are analyzed by this method, and comparison with other languages is made. (SED)

Following Roman Jakobson, this article attempts to outline the affinity between linguistic change induced by language contact and conflict, and the poetic function of language. This phenomenon can be observed by studying the discourses of trilingual speakers in the Aosta Valley in Northern Italy. The problematic position of French is reflected and…

Revised version of a paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on Salish Languages, Bellingham, Washington, August 1972; research supported by the Research Council of the University of Massachusetts, the Society of Sigma Xi, and the American Council of Learned Societies. (DD)

Research supported by the Philips Fund of the American Philosophical Society; concerns Boas' recording of the Okanagan Salish stories, in particular "Coyote and Grizzly." (DD)

Sequel to an article in "Russisch," v6 n4 p59-64 1972; reviews chapter 3 of K. S. Gorbachevich's, "Izmenenie norm russkogo literaturnovo yazyka" (Variations of Norms of Russian Literary Language), Leningrad, 1971. Article to be continued. (DD)

Based in part on an M.A. thesis presented to the University of Illinois by Mr. Harris; deixis refers to those words which have a demonstrative or pointing function, e.g., the pronouns this'' or that''. (DD)