Preschool children aged 2.6 to 5.0 were presented with reversible active and passive sentences in four comprehension test settings. The children's response patterns were analyzed in terms of individual response patterns. Extralinguistic cues accounted for the most common patterns. (Author/AM)

Discusses the ways in which the lexical items, grammatical code, and the uses of the vernacular sign language, Providence Sign Language (PSL), are interdependent and based on content rather than on an arbitrary, internally defined system. (PMJ)

Examines listeners' use of acoustic properties in making personal attributions. In three experiments, subjects listened to recordings of male speakers answering two interview questions and rated the speakers on a variety of scales. (CM)

Discusses ways of teaching complementary pronouns in Spanish, includinq pronouns of direct objects, reflexive verbs, and indirect objects. (NCR)

A short survey of the classifications of Russian verbs from the fields of linguistics and language teaching is presented, and a classification useful for language teaching based on linguistic principles is developed. The classification is demonstrated using 1,400 verbs and 4,000 frequently used words in language teaching. (SW)

In order to investigate the articulatory dynamics of the tongue in the production of Swedish vowels, electromyographic (EMG) and X-ray microbeam studies were performed on a native Swedish subject. The EMG signals were used to obtain average indication of the muscle activity of the tongue as a function of time. (NCR)

The number of negative responses obtained in two language sampling conditions (parallel talk with negative constructions and parallel talk with affirmative constructions) was compared for studies of 18 normal kindegarten children. (Author/CL)

Examines the use of the neuter form in predicate adjectives, drawing examples from Swedish and French, and working within the framework of nexus constructions. (AM)

Discusses secondary stress in various types of words (e.g., in certain parts of speech, with certain spelling patterns, etc.) and in various kinds of sentences and communicative situations. (KM)

This article consists of instructional materials and ideas for use in French language classes, chiefly in the areas of vocabulary and language usage. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article discusses the species designation and taxonomies of Delaware and Algonkian and presents eight classifications of taxa by form, habitat, color, movement, sound, use, relationship, and appearance. Relevant research is also reviewed. (CLK)

This article presents a linguistic description of the phenomenon of dyssyntaxia. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This article discusses the role of phonetics in second language teaching, and stresses the importance of considering the whole speech event in adapting phonetics to instruction. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This paper compares the simplified characters of China, Japan and Singapore, based on China's list of 2295 simplified characters. Charts summarize the comparisons by numbers of characters in each country, and a comparative table lists and illustrates simplified characters in these countries. Taiwanese forms are summarized separately. (CHK)