Revised version of a paper supported by a National Science Foundation graduate fellowship. The universal base hypothesis states that all natural languages utilize the same base component in their transformational grammars. (DD)

Research supported in part by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (DD)

Recognition criteria refer to those features which enable the analyst to recognize the item he attempts to ascertain through his elicitation procedure. (DD)

Discusses the teacher's obligation to enlighten the student adequately as to all interrelating features (e.g., linguistic, psychological, and cultural factors) attached to specific linguistic categories (e.g., presenting all of the moods and tenses of the verb be''). (DD)

Paper presented before the linguistic section of The Siam Society on May 12, 1971. Stresses the need for grammar theories which do not prevent linguists from identifying unusual syntactic structures in the less-studied languages of the world. (VM)

Although critical of some of the claims made for contrastive analysis in the past, this article treats contrastive analysis as a useful pursuit which can contribute to language learning. (FB)

Suggests that the syndicated columns published under the by-lines Dear Abby" and Ann Landers" contain useful textual material for intermediate and advanced English-as-a-second-language students. (VM)

Examines grammatically the hesitation pauses in the spontaneous narrative speech of 48 6 1/2-7 years olds. (MB)