Confirms previous studies showing the existence of implicit phonological rules in children and the extent to which the rules govern the behavior of speakers of English. (RB)

Two studies were conducted, with three-to-five-year-olds, to assess the relationship between language comprehension and production and the development of quantity concepts. The asymmetry of acquisition of adjectives, "big" and "little," was also assessed, as well as differences in the acquisition of the underlying concepts. In Experiment 1, it was…

This report analyzes the articles published in "Research in the Teaching of English" during the first ten years of publication, a period that represents the influence of two editors. Among the findings were that studies related to composition have been most numerous, followed by studies related to language. Studies related to literature have been…

Knowing which syllables are most commonly used should aid in linguistic research and in the preparation of curriculum materials, particularly in reading. A research project has been undertaken to develop unweighted and weighted (by the frequency of the words in which they appear) syllable lists. At present, two of the project's three phases are…

Two fundamental assumptions guide this survey of recent research on anaphora. The first is that anaphoric expressions do not refer to segments in a text or discourse, but to entities that are assumed to be in the language receiver's mind. The second assumption is that a text serves to suggest the referents for anaphora, as does the nonlinguistic…

It is suggested that twin discourse functions are served by thematization and topicalization, the former providing stable referential focus and the latter providing momentary referential focus. (Author/AM)

A synonymicon is a philological work in which words that are semantically related are lined, the last word of each series giving a description of the whole set. This article discusses the history and structure of several Chinese synonymicons. The commentaries written for one, the Erh-ya, are described. (CLK)

Reviews the history of SNOBOL4 and the reasons why it has been neglected by researchers in natural language. Shows its simplicity and its appropriateness for programing literary and linguistic research problems. Availability noted in FL 508 066. (TL)

Discusses language references pertaining to anatomy and calls them "part of" as opposed to "kind of" references. When speaking about anatomy the relationship is always one of parts to the whole, hence, "part of". Classifications are set up distinguishing "part of" from "kind of" relations and contrasts are made between speakers of English, Saxon,…

Erroneous responses of some aphasic patients resemble the sorts of words a normal person produces when searching for a target word that is on the tip of the tongue. With aphasics, words are well-formed phonologically and the number of syllables and stress patterns are correct also. (SC)

Argues that researchers concerned with language across the curriculum should think more in terms of research across the curriculum. (RB)