A doctoral dissertation on general clitic theory and Finnish particle clitics in particular looks at the mixed linguistic status of clitics and proposes that they are not as mysterious as reported, but should be viewed either as bound words (bound lexemes) or phrasal affixes. An initial chapter introduces the Finnish particle clitics and their…

A study examined how Japanese language use reflects the hierarchical and compartmentalized society and the psychological attitudes of the speaker through analysis of the verb forms used. Data were drawn from a survey of 500 individuals concerning the choice of verb form in different social situations, and from transcriptions of a housewife's…

This annotated bibliography of 32 universally available curriculum materials in five uncommonly taught languages of Eastern Europe and the western Soviet Union is intended to increase awareness of these materials. The publications cited are available in the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and/or Educational Resources Information…

The importance of assessing language proficiency levels and the relationship of this priority to the teaching of Russian at the university level are discussed. Serious concerns about the value of language-specific proficiency guidelines are raised, and an argument is presented suggesting that language-specific guidelines may lead to undue emphasis…

Issues in syntactic processing, that aspect of the human sentence comprehension mechanism that recovers a syntactic structure for a given word string, are discussed. In particular, two structural ambiguities in Mandarin Chinese are examined and their successful parsing within the framework of minimal parsing models is discussed. Recent work…

A guide for independent learners of Maniyaka (also known as Mandingo), one of the Mande languages of Liberia, is intended for individuals already in a Mandingo speaking situation but without access to experienced teachers of the language. An introductory chapter discusses the languages of Liberia and provides a map of Liberian languages, a chart…

This manual is designed to accompany the Peace Corps student's texts in the Chichewa language. It contains three parts: (1) a discussion of basic concepts in language teaching and learning, including theoretical background, major language teaching methods, language acquisition, and sociolinguistics; (2) an outline of the materials and methods that…

This handbook presents a variety of different social and cultural situations in which the Peace Corps volunteer is likely to be involved in Tanzania. It establishes classroom activities that require the students to exchange messages in a way that is appropriate to the context. Generally, new vocabulary and language structures are introduced in the…

This teaching guide is designed to accompany the three Peace Corps students' books in Tanzanian Swahili. Its goal is to help the native speaker understand the American volunteers' viewpoints and to provide detailed information on methods and techniques for teaching the Swahili language and Tanzanian culture. The guide has three parts: (1) an…

This teacher's guide is designed to accompany the three Peace Corps students' books in Kiribati, the language of the Gilbert Islands. Its goal is to help the native speaker understand the American volunteers' viewpoints and to provide detailed information on methods and techniques for teaching the volunteers the language and culture. The guide has…

This teacher's guide is designed to accompany the three Peace Corps students' books in Pijin, the language of the Solomon Islands. Its goal is to help the native speaker understand the American volunteers' viewpoints and to provide detailed information on methods and techniques for teaching the language and culture. The guide has three parts: (1)…

This teaching guide is designed to accompany the three Peace Corps students' books in Setswana, the language of Botswana. Its goal is to help the native speaker understand the American volunteers' viewpoints and to provide detailed information on methods and techniques for teaching the Setswana language and culture. The guide has three parts: (1)…

This primary level reader developed for use in a bilingual education setting contains six legends in the Creek Indian language. Each legend is presented in large type and is illustrated by pen-and-ink drawings suitable for coloring. (AMH

A bilingual education resource guide containing a listing of 142 organizations serving a wide range of purposes and language groups is presented. Information on the organizations, which range from major national associations to community-based groups, includes the name, address, phone number, director, contact person, date of origin, target…