This study presents an empirical investigation of basic processes in the perception of speech sounds. The experimental methods applied have their roots in two different psycholinguistic research paradigms; i.e., "categorical perception" and "dichotic listening." In the categorical perception paradigm, listeners' categorization…

This paper reexamines some theoretical and methodological questions related to the concept of the regulating role of speech. The work of Vygotskey, Piaget, Luria and Wozniak is considered. (ST)

Explores the history of the study of Black English and the history of researchers' and teachers' attitudes towards Black English and its study. (RB)

Discusses a psycholinguistic experiment investigating a child's use of relative clauses in English. (TO)

Paper presented at the U.S.A.-Japan Computer Conference, Tokyo, Japan, October 1972. (DD)

Sequel to an article in "Russisch," v6 n4 p59-64 1972; reviews chapter 3 of K. S. Gorbachevich's, "Izmenenie norm russkogo literaturnovo yazyka" (Variations of Norms of Russian Literary Language), Leningrad, 1971. Article to be continued. (DD)

Research supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. (DD)

Part of a dissertation, Stanford University; research supported in part by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. (DD)

Part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. (DD)

Part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''; revised version of a paper presented at the 1957 Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. (DD)

The author discusses the linguistic dispute of Black English, or Black Idiom vs. Standard English and argues for the acceptance of the former. (MM)