Children and adult readers were compared for the degree to which they were able to avoid grapheme-to-phoneme translation in word naming, for how much they benefited from redundant phonemic information, and for the degree to which they were disturbed by minor changes in graphemes that were still phonemically appropriate. Hebrew was the target…

This document comprises the first part of the section of the Noun Reference Dictionary concerned with nouns derived from verb roots. See AL 002 270 for Part II. The format of this section is the same as that described in AL 002 267 for the pure nominal section of the dictionary. Roots are indicated. For other related documents, see ED 019 668, AL…

This document comprises the second part of the section of the Noun Reference Dictionary concerned with nouns derived from verb roots. See AL 002 269 for the first part, ED 019 668 and AL 002 296 for a description of the project, and AL 002 267 and AL 002 268 for the section of the dictionary dealing with pure nominals. (DO)

Discusses three categories of difficulties unique to the translation of Judaica: (1) such problems as terminology, abbreviations, transliterations, and acronyms; (2) the material requires the translator to know literature, folklore and linguistics as well as Hebrew and the target language; (3) a linguistic-stylistic dimension unique to Hebrew.…

Presents an overview of the role of translation in foreign language teaching and learning. Argues that translation is useful for: (1) practicing grammatical structures, (2) explaining vocabulary items, (3) testing at all levels, and (4) developing communicative competence. Also, translation is to be taught as a skill in its own right. (SED)

This article discusses the neglect of "metaphor" by translation theorists, and the translation implications of "metaphor.""Metaphor" is defined, the process of translating it is reviewed and a number of examples of metaphors translated from Hebrew to English are given. (CLK)

This document contains the full texts of six papers that were presented at the Southwest workshop on optimality theory. Papers include the following: "Shuswap Diminutive Reduplication" (Sean Hendricks); "On Multiple Sympathy Candidates in Optimality Theory" (Hidehito Hoshi); "A Perceptually Grounded OT Analysis of…

Research supported by a U.S. Public Health Service Research Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. (DD)

The classics abound in meaning for our own time and especially for men of science and medicine. (Editor)

Studied whether differential item functioning (DIF) in translated verbal items could be reduced or eliminated by revising these items. Results for six sections of an Israeli college admission test translated from Hebrew to Russian show that revisions can reduce DIF considerably. Discusses costs of the revision process. (SLD)

To establish the relationship between categorization ability and psychometric intelligence, 98 ninth graders in Israel were instructed to group 28 common Hebrew nouns into categories and were given a battery of intelligence tests. Results are discussed in terms of their impact on the design of intelligence testing. (SLD)

Describes the holdings in the Bulgarian State Collection of Hebraica, currently under the jurisdiction of the General Department of Archives. The collection, consisting of printed books, manuscripts, and archival documents, includes rare premodern Hebraica reflecting Sephardic and Balkan collecting interests. Discusses bibliographic issues and the…

A test of a hypothesis about the availability of Universal Grammar principles to adult language learners involved testing predictions about acquisition patterns in Hebrew speakers learning English as a Second Language. Results supported the view that second-language acquisition is a process of parameter reassignment of principles that are indeed…