This article looks at issues affecting Robert Garioch's translation into Scots of a sonnet from Giuseppe Gioachino Belli's Romaneschi collection. It begins with the discussion of a problem involved in writing in dialects with no settled written standard. This 'standardizing' poetry is then looked at in terms of translation and theories of the…

Special issue on orthography. (DD)

Discusses the learning process and language usage in the English classroom, building on a theory of language originated by Alfred Korzybski. (RB)

Examines Canadian language usage of both the written and spoken word as revealed in a recent national survey and addresses the implications for language arts teachers. (RB)

Analyzes the differences in selection of verbs between spoken and written English by public servants in Canada, a country which recognizes both French and English as official languages. (RB)

Offers suggestions for news reporting, specifically on the interviewing and writing processes. (RB)

Analyzes the relationship of phonology and orthography to the different systems involved in writing and reading. (Author)

Examines the present state of the relationship between linguistics and reading, proposes how reading instruction could be improved using currently know linguistic information, and discusses one type of linguistic finding useful to reading specialists. (Author)

Reviews the life and career of sixteenth century cartographer Gerardus Mercator and, through samples of his work, isolates characteristics of his personal script to give calligraphic evidence of his authorship. (MB)

Demonstrates that proper reading comprehen sion in a foreign language involves more than the printed sequences of the text, and that meaning is not tied to one element in the sentence structure but to a wider context. (FWB)