The tape scripts in this manual of Hebrew are intended to accompany audio tapes which have been prepared for use in the presentation and practice of the grammatical structures recommended for Level 1 in the New York City Foreign Language Programs for Secondary Schools. It is hoped that the tapes and accompanying scripts will serve as key aids in…

This paper deals with the tempo aspect of fast speech and the theoretical implications of increase in rate of speech. Constraints unique to fast speech and normal speech are discussed. Reductions and assimilations in fast speech are noted, and points are illustrated with examples from Hebrew. (CHK)

Describes a computerized database of social sciences research activities in Israel. The problems of constructing a database in a small country with special linguistic problems are covered, and the printed products and services offered are described. (Author/EM)

Article also appeared in "International Journal of the Sociology of Language," n1. (DD)

Article also appeared in "International Journal of the Sociology of Language," n1. (DD)

Article also appeared in "International Journal of the Sociology of Language," n1. (DD)

Article also appeared in "International Journal of the Sociology of Language," n1; and "Advances in Language Planning," The Hague, Mouton, 1973. (DD)

Describes three experiments designed to determine whether grapheme-to-phoneme rules are automatically applied when a word pattern is encoded. Concludes that grapheme-to-phoneme translation is a natural response to written words, at least when naming is required, and that mediation by visual mechanisms can be ruled out. (Author/MES)

The acquisition and use of locative prepositions by 30 Hebrew-speaking children aged two to three years was investigated in a cross-sectional study. Both the order of acquisition and the role of linguistic complexity in determining that order were examined. (Author/AM)

Finds a significant relationship between the acquisition of word and pseudoword reading skills, working memory, and syntactic awareness skills within and across the three languages among a group of Israeli-Arab students ages 14-15 years. Notes that trilingualism of this nature seems not to have negative consequences for the development of oral…

This study compared the writing mediation style of low SES mothers on home-like and school-like writing activities with their kindergartners. Analysis of videotaped interactions indicated that although mothers had a general cross-activity strategy of mediating writing, different writing contexts resulted in different maternal behaviors. The…

Examines the major depositories of Hebraic manuscripts in the Russian State Library in Moscow, with emphasis on the Baron Guenzburg collection. Highlights include the history of the collection, access to the materials, microfilming, and catalogs. (Author/AEF)

Examines switches produced in spontaneous speech over a period of 15 months by 2 trilingual children acquiring Hebrew, Spanish, and English. The switches were analyzed both grammatically and according to specific sociolinguistic features. (seven references) (VWL)

Investigates the relationship between children's single word utterances and maternal single-word utterances expressing similar communicative intents in 24 Hebrew-speaking dyads (the children were aged about 1; 6). Results suggest that children's single-word utterances are similar to, and probably learned from, single-word utterances of caretakers…

Discusses unique characteristics of Hebrew language and writing system in relation to a long historical tradition of bilingual texts. Explores present-day strategies of typesetting and translation and analyzes the "invisible" effects of Hebrew lexical and syntactic patterns on English speakers. Posits a blocking mechanism allowing the monolingual…