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This paper considers Spanish adjectives and the possibility of converting some adjectives into adverbs, keeping the same general significance of a sentence. The conversion of an adjective into an adverb under these circumstances can be accomplished through a transformation which can be applied to a particular logical-semantic structure. The author establishes the formula for such a structure and the formula for the appropriate transformation. Particular types of adjectives and their potential convertibility into adverbs are discussed. (VM)

This glossary provides Spanish translations for English technical terminology used in work connected with transformational generative grammar and theory. Approximately 300 terms are listed alphabetically in English with Spanish equivalents, Spanish explanations, and examples where necessary. (VM)

This document describes a format for analyzing the information content of sentences and the language patterns that accompany particular information content. The author writes in terms of information structures, each information structure having a corresponding linguistic structure composed of distinctive features. The information structure of a given sentence and its corresponding linguistic structure are frequently conditioned by context, particularly the preceding sentence. The paper illustrates the determination of 12 different information structure types, to which correspond a total of 16 different linguistic structure types. Most of the examples are in German. (VM)

This paper explains the main concepts of communicative grammar and provides a detailed view of how communicative grammar analyses language at various levels. Language is discussed in terms of communication; the central elements in the analysis are those that carry information. Communicative grammar seeks to describe the process of the linguistic formulation of a thought. Details for analysis are provided here along with examples. Implications for theoretical, applied, and computational linguistics, language instruction, and translation are noted. A bibliography is included. (VM)

This article reports on experiences in the bilingual education, psychologically and pedagogically planned, of a child who died of brain cancer at age 5. Conclusions are drawn regarding order and method of language learning. (CHK)

The formulas presented in this paper provide the means for showing the ease with which scientific information can be passed from one language into another. The formulas are based on several factors. The linguistic barrier can be measured to illustrate the relative degree of difference between two languages based on a comparison of vocabulary, morphology, syntax, grammar, and writing systems. The influx of scientific information from the foreign language to the native language is directly proportional to the volume of relevant scientific publications in the foreign language and their availability, and is indirectly proportional to the linguistic barrier. Linguistic characteristics of the individual are also an important factor in this consideration. Some linguistic communities are at a disadvantage in receiving scientific information in comparison to others. It would be advisable for each linguistic community to devise a strategy for overcoming linguistic barriers by developing educational programs with all these considerations in mind. (VM)

This report gives the results obtained in the semantic and syntactic analysis of the Japanese particles "de,""ni,""e," and "wo" in comparison to their equivalents in English, German, and Spanish. The study is based on the so-called "Correlational Analysis" as proposed by Ernst von Glaserfeld. The combinations of distinctive semantic features of the "correlata" with the relations are summarized in tables. A detailed and diagramed description is given of two examples showing the transition from any of the four languages to any of the others in the translation process concerning the particles involved. The model is based on the logical functions of conjunction, dejunction, and disjunction as suggested by A. Hoppe. The Japanese particles--particularly "de,""ni," and "wo"--have a wide semantic range. This will be a problem in machine translation but could be approached through coding the distinctive correlational features of the words in the dictionary and through adequate programming for the machine translation process. On the other hand, this lack of linguistic explicitness forces the speaker and hearer of Japanese to extract considerably more information from the context, both linguistic and social, than the speakers of the other three languages to achieve comprehension in the communication process. (Authors/DO)