Rules in this study are limited to linguistic entities which are said to have truth value, to be followable and prescriptive, to have been adopted and remain in force until unadopted, and to be conditional. The concern is with the nominal referential use of rules rather than their verbal use. The book is divided into four sections. The first…

Argues that recent attacks on euphemism have been too simplistic. (DD)

With 1984 a decade away, U.S. teachers launch a counteroffensive against galloping Doublespeak. (Author)

Reprinted from the Times Literary Supplement'', October 13, 1972; present article is part of Lexicography and Dialect Geography, Festgabe for Hans Kurath''. (DD)

Rejoinder to arguments against abstract phonology in Robert T. Harms' How Abstract Is Nupe?'', FL 504 726. (RS)

Discussion of the French partitive article based on its example in the metonymic use of the proper name to describe the work of an artist, e.g., C'est de l'Eluard,'' (That's a bit of Eluard). (RS)

Revised version of a paper presented at the Summer Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, July 31, 1971. (RS)

Paper presented at the 11th Conference on American Indian Languages, Toronto, Canada, December 1972; research supported by the Doris Duke Foundation and a University of Arizona Predoctoral Fellowship. (RS)

Special issue devoted to the study of generative grammar in German-speaking countries. (VM)