English words may be divided conveniently into three categories: (1) those with a single root or base; (2) those with two bases; and (3) those which derive from syntactic structures. (Examples of words in the third category, which is the subject of this paper, are "off-the-record,""fly-by-night,""do-or-die.")…

The performative analysis claims that every sentence we utter refers to our utterance of it, and has a higher performative clause of the form "I plus Verb plus You." This paper deals with data that have been used to support this analysis, and shows that they do not confirm it. (CHK)

Transparent" refers to words formed from other words in such a way that meanings and relationships to the original object or concept are clearly suggested; the author analyzes and classifies the processes according to which these types of words are formed. (RS)

Analyzes the structure of French distributive complements, including the formal and semantic similarities and differences among them. (AM)

Presents two systems of word derivation. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Analyzes the syntactical, stylistic, and pronominal constraints which influence the distribution of prefix and non-prefix forms in Indonesian. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/AM)

Tenth of a regular series on contemporary Russian word formation, this article gives examples of: 1) four types of standard formation, 2) rare cases where compounds are produced with no combining vowel, and 3) appositive noun compounds. (Text is in German.) (TL)

This article examines predicate structures, with special focus on the nature of predicate auxiliaries and their role in assigning predicate function to non-verbals. (Text is in French.) (AM)

This descriptive work on Swahili syntax, influenced by (but not based on) Halliday's general concept of the "elements of structure," is intended for intermediate and advanced students who are already familiar with the grammatical categories and the system of affixes in Swahili. Chapters treat the following: (1) grammatical categories; (2)…

Second and sixth graders were asked to learn noun pairs linked by various types of verbal connectives: Verbs, unmarked and marked comparative adjectives, polar antonym adjective pairs, and conjunctions. Results indicated that all contexts produced better learning than conjunctions, that comparative adjective effects were superior to the polar-pair…

Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Linguistics and Translation, October 4-7, 1972, Montreal, Canada. (DD)