Examines the semantics of functional language and discusses the role of linguistics in describing language needs and function. (AM)

An hypothesis is proposed to explain the differences between the Russian conjunctions "no" and "odnako." Nine short passages are discussed to illustrate their usage. (RM)

This article deals with denominal adjectives, also referred to by linguists as pseudo-adjectives or non-predicating adjectives. These adjectives are seldom used predicatively. This article explores the mechanism of this syntactical constraint. Examples of non-predicating adjectives that do not respect this syntactic constraint are analyzed. It is…

States that Christian Morgenstern made a fundamental point of semantics clear by making any absolute faith in words ridiculous. Describes other pieces of Morgenstern's poetry, and examines its implications in semantic terms. Points out that Morgenstern ridiculed the assumption that what is said must be sensible, as if the world must obey human…

This paper examines the concept of polysemy which serves as the basis of the "principled polysemy model" of spatial prepositions proposed by A. Tyler and V. Evans in a number of recent publications [Tyler, Andrea, Evans, Vyvyan, 2001. Reconsidering prepositional polysemy networks: The case of "over". Language 77, 724-765;…

Children's early word learning is not usually considered creative in the same sense as artistic productions of later life. Yet early word learning is a creative response to the intrinsic instability of word meaning. As the child acts to participate in her community, she strives for intersubjectivity, manifest in neologisms and under- and…

Suggests that the field of semantics has effectively instructed us not to be manipulated by language but has neglected to emphasize that words do have magical qualities and creative and constructive use can be made of that fact. (TO)

Discusses some of the sexually discriminatory problems encountered and solutions employed by the makers of "The School Dictionary" published in 1972 by the American Heritage Publishing Company. (TO)

Attempts to prove the existence of semantic atoms from the existence of minimal contrasts (phonologic or semantic). (CHK)

Dicussion of the usage and meaning of new words, and the means by which they are acquired. (DR)

Discusses the semantic differences between the near-synonyms "detenteur" and "titulaire" in French, and provides a list of terms correctly used with the two words and the additional near-synonym "porteur." (AM)

Considers the various meanings and uses of the Russian particle "khot'." The article adapts material from "Particles in Colloquial Russian" (Progress Publishers, Moscow) by A.N. Vasilyeva. (Text is in German.) (FB)

Presents an analysis of the verb "get," which is portrayed as having different shades of meaning that stand in a noncomplex, semantically motivated relation to each other. The intended result is an explanation of the various uses of "get." (36 references) (JL)

Discusses the etymology as well as the literal and metaphorical meanings of the Spanish adverbs "arriba" and "abajo." (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)

Argues that philology, the study of language, can be taught to students only after they have examined the languages of other nations and cues. (RB)