A list of about 130 Russian words beginning with the prefix ABTO-. The German equivalents are given. (Text is in German.) (TL)

Reports on work on texts in teaching German to foreigners, suggesting that the recognition of semantic equivalences in different portions of a text, not necessarily synonymic, may be useful in teaching foreigners to read more effectively. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

Terminology has been existing as an autonomous activity for only fifteen In private industry more than in the public sector, it has been diff years. icult to have the importance of a terminology acknowledged. The relation of terminology to translation is discussed, as well as the task of the terminologist. (Text is in French.) (AM)

This paper addressed itself to the general question of the depth of processing required for lexical decision. (Author/RK)

A study of conceptual and relational responses of subjects when recalling the semantic content of a text they have just heard. Responses can be overgeneralized and inferred. Responses studied reflect processes of adjustment during acquisition of information and the processes occurring during recall. (SC)

This paper presents an analysis of the development and application of Charles Fillmore's case system (1968). The system is designed to determine semantic relationships (primarily of nouns) in linguistic deep structure. An historical overview of traditional grammar case labels and reviews of several other case systems are included. The appendix…

A semantic differential containing two concepts and seven bipolar adjective scales consisting entirely of evaluative adjectives was used to obtain evaluative feedback on instructional materials from 193 deaf, first year college students. A factor analysis of the responses yielded a single factor labeled Evaluation when each adjective scale was…

Based on artificial intelligence research, the frame based system for reasoning described in this paper is one of the components of an intelligent decision support system for an information system on petroleum resources and use which is being designed by the Information Methodology Research Project as the first step in the development of a…

This study describes special questions (SQs) and disjunctive questions (DQs) in English and Polish. Central to the study is the interrogative mood and the illocutionary force of the question; interrogative structures without illocutionary force are excluded. "Speech Act Theory" (SAT) is used as a label for certain tendencies in the…

IN OCTOBER 1966 A SEMINAR WAS HELD IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND ON THE USE OF COMPUTERS IN LANGUAGE RESEARCH. THE ORGANIZERS OF THE CONFERENCE, THE CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, ATTEMPTED TO BRING TOGETHER EMINENT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MAJOR SCHOOLS OF CURRENT LINGUISTIC RESEARCH. THE PAPERS PRESENTED AT THE…

WORDS CAN BE STUDIED BY DESCRIBING THEIR ORIGIN INDUCTIVELY OR DEDUCTIVELY. EITHER WAY, A PRECISE DEFINITION OF ETYMOLOGICAL CLASSES WHICH ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE IS NEEDED. PRESENT-DAY ENGLISH IS CLASSIFIED INTO--(1) NATIVE WORDS WHICH CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THE WORD STOCK OF OLD ENGLISH, (2) LOAN WORDS NEW TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE WHICH HAD…

A METHOD OF VOCABULARY STUDY USED AS A TOOL RATHER THAN AS A COMPLETE VOCABULARY PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS INVESTIGATE ANY WORD AND HELPS CLARIFY KEY OR DIFFICULT WORDS IN AN ASSIGNMENT. THE SEMANTIC LEVELS OF DEFINITION-MAKING ARE EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED BY THE TEACHER'S ASKING THE STUDENTS WHAT CLASS OF THINGS A CERTAIN WORD STANDS FOR AND HOW…

IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES THE TECHNIQUE OF COMPONENTIAL ANALYSIS (TAKEN FROM THE FIELD OF FORMAL SEMANTICS) IS APPLIED TO A SET OF TERMS WHICH FORM A CULTURALLY RELEVANT DOMAIN. THIS METHOD PROCEEDS BY RECOGNIZING SEMANTIC DISTINCTIONS (COMPONENTS) WHICH APPORTION THE TERMS OF THE SET INTO CONTRASTING SUB-SETS SUCH THAT EVERY ITEM IS…