The option of verb-final versus verb-second (V2) order in subordinate clauses in German is subject to regularity when discourse context is taken into account. The artificial rule which places the verb at the end of any subordinate clause obliterates the feel for discourse structure that is still present in colloquial German. The option of using V2…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS DESCRIPTIVE STUDY IS TO DEFINE THE MAJOR STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF RIFF, A BERBER LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY THE BERBER TRIBESMEN OF THE RIF IN NORTHERN MOROCCO. THE DESCRIPTION IS PRESENTED IN THREE PARTS--PHONOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, AND SYNTAX. THE PHONEMES ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF DISTINCTIVE FEATURES. PHARYNGEALIZATION AND TENSION ARE…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS DESCRIPTIVE STUDY IS TO DEFINE THE MAJOR STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF KABYLE, A GROUP OF BERBER DIALECTS SPOKEN CHIEFLY IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALGERIA. THE DESCRIPTION IS PRESENTED IN THREE PARTS--PHONOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY, AND SYNTAX. THE PHONEMES ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF DISTINCTIVE FEATURES. PHARYNGEALIZATION AND GEMINATION ARE…

THIS TRANSLATION FROM THE RUSSIAN IS THE FIRST FULL-LENGTH GRAMMAR OF OSSETIC TO BE PUBLISHED IN A WESTERN LANGUAGE SINCE 1903. THE PRESENT WORK IS ACTUALLY A COMPOSITE OF TWO WORKS BY MR. ABAEV WHICH APPEARED IN 1952 AND 1959 AND WERE TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY GABOR HORVATH, STEVEN P. HILL, AND HERBERT H. PAPER AS ONE OF A SERIES OF TRANSLATIONS…

In stratificational theory, linguistic structure is viewed as a series of codes which interrelates meaning and expression. Each of the codes is associated with a distinct structural level, which has come to be called a stratum. The works listed in this bibliography include some specifically concerned with the development of the theoretical model…

THE PROBLEM OF THE NATURE OF LANGUAGE STRUCTURE IS CONSIDERED AND THE FORM WHICH ANY LINGUISTIC DESCRIPTION SHOULD TAKE. THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE INFLUENCE OF THE SWISS LINGUIST, FERDINAND DE SAUSSURE, ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN LINGUISTICS. THE QUESTION OF "MENTALISM" IN LINGUISTICS IS REDUCED TO THE PROBLEM OF WHETHER LINGUISTIC…

Traces the development of Saussure's synchronic/diachronic distinction, and investigates this distinction from the point of view of methodology and theory. (AM)

Examines areas of Latin grammar that present difficulties to the grammarian, and shows how modern linguistics can contribute to the teaching of Latin grammar. (AM)

A phonetic analysis of Latin long vowels is followed by a phonological analysis which asks whether these vowels are phonemes and, if so, what their distinctive features are. (AM)

Proposes the necessity of abandoning the point of view of structural linguistics for the notions of modern linguistics in order to describe Latin case. An example is made of the ablative case. (AM)

Suggests that stylistic variation should be used by linguistis in their search for linguistic structure. (AM)

Attempts to demonstrate that the S-O alternation in French is not phonologically but morphologically derived. (AM)

The Spanish language incorporates English and other foreign words just as English adopts vocabulary from Spanish to respond to new ideas and objects in the culture. If a Spanish word sanctioned by the Royal Academy is not available, the people will adopt the foreign word that expresses their meaning. (Text is in Spanish.) (CHK)

Attempts to show that the reduplication of indefinite direct objects is not necessarily ungrammatical but that there are two kinds of indefinite direct objects, specified and non-specified. The former may undergo reduplication, the latter may not. (Author/RM)

Establishes two categories of numbers: (1) relatively frequent numbers and (2) relatively infrequent numbers. The numbers in the first group are manipulated by people and depend, at least to some degree, on memorization; those in the second group are essentially machine inputs. Examples of the first group are examined. (SED)