Describes theoretical points concerning the idea of semiotic means of objectification. Analyzes classroom activity by observing the interface between the spoken and the seen. Discusses the role of a category of linguistic terms related to actions of showing or pointing out something that constitute a key element in the mathematical discursive…

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THIS REVISED ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS 143 RAND PUBLICATIONS IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS, INCLUDING SUCH AREAS AS LINGUISTIC RESEARCH METHODS, STUDIES ON THE RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, PSYCHOLINGUISTICS, AND CHARACTER READERS. ENTRIES ON THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ARE FURTHER ORGANIZED AS ANALYSES OF TEXTS AND GLOSSARIES,…

The purpose of this paper is to define the framework within which empirical investigations of probabilistic grammars can take place and to sketch how this attack can be made. The full presentation of empirical results will be left to other papers. In the detailed empirical work, the author has depended on the collaboration of E. Gammon and A.…

This paper focuses on the relationship of verbal factors to mathematics achievement and reviews research from 1930 to the present. The effects of verbalization in the mathematics learning process are considered; mathematics functioning as a unique language in its own right is analyzed. Research on the readability of mathematics materials and…

Discusses words in statistical theory and practice with emphasis on the reality that words get short shrift in most statistical teaching and exposition. Uses common misuse of statistical words as example. (Author/RK)

The new, and prevalent, raised-dash notation (for subtraction) appearing in school mathematics texts is examined, especially for its effects on students' computational skills. Reasons for a return to the standard notation of the centered dash are presented. (Author/MN)

The author argues for a clarification of standard notation rather than the use of flow diagrams to make the meaning of algebraic formulas more obvious to the beginning algebra student. (MN)

A system of grammatical analysis is presented which has certain mathematical properties and which produces the sentences of a language by means of two simple processes: word-entry and entry-reduction. This system is not an alternative to descriptions of grammatical patterns, but rather a complement to them. (DS)

Described are two kinds of mathematical communications. Discusses how language is used to communicate mathematics, especially as it relates to the triangle formed by writer, text, and reader. (PK)

Endorsement to adopt the language of the predicate calculus as a standard means of describing deep structures. Its adoption would facilitate the exchange of ideas between linguistics and logicians. (RS)

Special issue devoted to the study of generative grammar in German-speaking countries. (VM)