Study of the linguistic means related to the occupation and non-occupation of Leerstellen'' (empty spaces) initiated by semantic and syntactic valence, as in the elliptical usage: Die Henne legt wieder. (Eier)'' (The hen is laying again. YeggsI). (RS)

Study supported by a National Institute of Mental Health grant to New York University. (VM)

Speculative explanation for the misapplication of adjectives for adverbs in colloquial speech, e.g., He drives good'' for He drives well.'' (RS)

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

Data collected in a study of hospital staff attitudes to drug addicts and other types of patients are used to illustrate the problem of concept-scale interaction in semantic differential research. (Authors)

Expanded version of a talk presented at the meeting of the Eastern Verbal Investigators League, Brandeis University, May 1, 1971. (VM)

Explication and analysis of an important part of our semantic environment." (Author)

Funds supporting the research for this paper was made available by a National Science Foundation Science Development Grant. (VM)

Paper presented at the 1971 Summer Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Buffalo, New York. Assesses an analysis made by Charles Fillmore on the grammar of the English verbs hit'' and break''. (VM)