This is a preliminary report of a study of Russian accentuation. The research attempted to show that Russian accentuation is based on a partition of all morphemes, both stems and suffixes, into those with and those without inherent stress. Simple rules then account for all stress patterns observed. (CHK)

A study of verbs of movement from the point of view of what causes these particular verbs to be used. The defining features of these verbs are presented and discussed. The analysis is made in terms of its relation to the Mixtec analysis, with suggestions for reexamination of the latter. (SCC)

THE FORM OF A GENERATIVE SYSTEM FOR FUNDAMENTAL VOICE FREQUENCY IN MANDARIN CHINESE IS DISCUSSED, AND SEVERAL ASSUMPTIONS ARE MADE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE PROBLEM TO A MANAGEABLE SIZE. DATA WAS GATHERED FROM TWO SPEAKERS BY HAVING THEM READ A PREPARED LIST WHICH CONTAINED ISOLATED WORDS, TWO-TUPLES, AND THREE-TUPLES IN ALL POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS OF…

Examines the structure and linguistic functions of stress in Basque. (AM)

Examines topicalization in Haida, describes its role in the language, and describes the particles used to mark it. (Author/AM)

An essay on the etymology and various meanings of the Spanish words for "hotel,""inn,""hostelry," or "lodgings." (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

Argues that Charles Morris' division of signs into syntactics, semantics and pragmatics is too rigid. The line between pragmatics and semantics is not sharp, and a language theory is needed that can predict and explain borderline cases without forcing them into arbitrary established categories. (CHK)

Original Russian version appeared in "Voprosy jazykoznanija" 3, 1971. (DD)

THIS TRANSLATION FROM THE RUSSIAN IS THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH GRAMMAR OF OSSETIC TO BE PUBLISHED IN A WESTERN LANGUAGE SINCE 1903. THE PRESENT WORK IS ACTUALLY A COMPOSITE OF TWO WORKS BY MR. ABAEV WHICH APPEARED IN 1952 AND 1959 AND WERE TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY GABOR HORVATH, STEVEN P. HILL, AND HERBERT H. PAPER AS ONE OF A SERIES OF TRANSLATIONS…

Suggests that stylistic variation should be used by linguistis in their search for linguistic structure. (AM)

Chinese seems more precise in depicting human relationships; English tends to be more precise in the field of quantitative sciences. (Author/MF)

This article examines the problem of the relationship between words that are classified as homonyms or as polysemes, and the relationship between these words and their environment. (Text is in French.) (AM)