Concluding portion of an article begun in the December 1972 issue. (DS)

Study determined that complex sentences are recalled better if the described events within a sentence are presented in the same sequence as their correct temporal order''; the use of active vs. passive voice was not a factor in remembering the semantic content. (Author/SP)

The research reported here casts doubt on the general value of the Yngve hypothesis, which relates a phrase structure measure of syntactic complexity to both sentence production and memory. (Author/FWB)

Sixty middle class children (mean age 78.6 months) were tested to determine if recognition of identity precedes recognition of quantitative equivalence when dealing with quantities of liquids. When measuring conservation, the importance of two aspects of language (semantics and syntax) is stressed. (Author/AJ)

The measures of comprehension showed that four-fifths of the children scored lower than the 10th percentile for second-grade hearing children, and two-thirds scored at or below the 1st percentile. Evaluating production, 68 percent of the sentences produced by the children contained semantic, syntactic, or semantic-syntactic errors. (Author)

Presents a model of interpretation, parsing and error recovery in simultaneous translation using two experts and two amateur German-English bilingual translators orally translating from English to German. Argues that the translator first comprehends the text in English and divides it into meaningful units before translating. Study also…

Examines the distribution and function of the French conjunctions "ou,""soit," and "tantot." (AM)

Examines the process of formation of the "syntheme" in German, and its role in the economy of language. (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)

Investigates whether syntax signals foregrounding/backgrounding structure in English. Backgrounded the main clause using progressive or pluperfect aspect. A rating study showed coreference was allowed more frequently for pronouns in main clauses when those clauses contained progressive or pluperfect aspect. (Author/VWL)

Summarizes and evaluates research on aphasia, and indicates problem areas that must be studied. (52 references) (CFM)

Describes and compares restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses and shows that, when studying their superficial differences, there is no need for construction-specific stipulations that distinguish between them. All the superficial differences between the two are derived from the single basic difference that one is a modifier and the other is not.…

Explores the fit between syntax and semantics by addressing the following questions: (1) To what extent is the distribution of bare infinitive complements semantically motivated? and (2) What is the function of infinitival to? (46 references) (GLR)