Semantic and paradigmatic analyses are employed to show that deixis of the lexical content is the differentiating factor between pre- and post-position of the attributive adjective in French. The nature of modification in general is also discussed. (DB)

In order to determine if the syntactic complexity of written mathematical problems influenced students' abilities to solve problems, 45 eighth-grade remedial math students were studied. (PHR)

Examines a family of Spanish compounds formed by the combination of a third-person singular verb form with a following noun, and attempts to show the semantic categories of such compounds. It is argued that speakers of Spanish intuitively categorize unfamiliar "guarda" compounds according to their existing repertoires. (EJS)

Cites evidence showing that the "natural order" found using the Bilingual Syntax Measure to measure morpheme order is not an artifact of the test. (Author/AM)

Describes the contrasting structures of negation in French and in Hungarian. (AM)

Elaborates on a theory of "mixed syntax" in oral communication, that is, a syntactic chain incorporating both verbal and nonverbal elements. (AM)

Discusses the syntactic differences in expressing wishes or desires in Italian and Russian. (CFM)

The syntax of lexical units, or signs, of American Sign Language (ASL) is analyzed. Previous areas of study concerning pauses, functional sentence perspective, theme and rheme, and topic and comment are discussed. A model is offered to depict topic-comment relationships in ASL using space, vectors, and relationship rules. (SW)

On critique of an anthology which contains 12 papers by 11 authors. The critique is preceded by a lengthy theoretical framework for such terms as syntax and semantics, since the anthologized authors, who represent a diversity of specialities, use such simple terms in widely differing senses. (EJS)

Part (1) appeared in "Russisch" 1974/4. Discusses the uses of the prepositions "na" and "v," using many examples taken from current texts for teaching Russian. (Text is in German.) (WGA)

An analysis of the pauses (holds) in a passage in American Sign Language reveals that sequences of signs are interspersed with holds of different lengths. Long holds appear to indicate the ends of sentences; shorter holds, the break between two conjoined sentences; and the shortest holds, breaks between internal constituents. (Author/MV)

A study involving Miami University freshmen found that those trained in sentence combining scored significantly higher on two of three factors of syntactic maturity than did those not trained in sentence combining. (DD)

Examines syntactic and semantic constructions of French verbs denoting and causing emotions; and lists these verbs according to infinitive, "active" adjective, and "passive" adjective. (Text is in French.) (AM)

A brief psychosystematic analysis of the problem of auxiliaries in French, and of the solution offered by the internal psychomechanism of the language as found in Gustave Guillaume's research. "Avoir" and "etre"" are studied in some detail from several aspects. There is a short bibliography. (Text is in French.) (AMH)