EXPERIMENTAL LINGUISTICS -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- INTRODUCTION: EXPERIMENTAL LINGUISTICS IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- Part one. Theoretical Bases for Experimental Linguistics -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. ON PARAPHRASE -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Background -- The meaning of paraphrase -- Semantics and syntax -- Paraphrase: an empirical approach -- NOTES -- 2. WHAT IS STRUCTURAL AMBIGUITY? -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The notion of structural ambiguity in TGG -- Structural ambiguity and deep syntactic structure -- Nature of structural ambiguity -- Operational criteria for structural ambiguity -- Summary and conclusions -- 3. ON THEORIES OF FOCUS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Recent theories of focus -- Some empirical questions -- Conclusion -- 4. PRELIMINARIES TO THE EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF STYLE IN LANGUAGE -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Evidence for the existence of style -- Elements of style -- Stylistic sub-populations of language -- The role of style -- 5. ENGLISH PLURALIZATION: A TESTING GROUND FOR RULE EVALUATION -- Abstract -- Introduction -- 1. The non-uniqueness problem -- 2. The interpretation problem -- 3. The evaluation problem -- 4. Conclusions -- NOTES -- Part two. Experimental Results -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. GRAMMATICAL PROPERTIES OF SENTENCES AS A BASIS FOR CONCEPT FORMATION -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- 2. GRAMMATICAL VOICE AND ILLOCUTIONARY MEANING IN AN AURAL CONCEPT FORMATION TASK -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- NOTE -- 3. GRAMMATICAL SIMPLICITY OR PERFORMATIVE EFFICIENCY? -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Procedure -- Results -- Discussion -- NOTES -- 4. A PERFORMATIVE DEFINITION OF SENTENCE RELATEDNESS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Method -- Results and discussion.

5. PARAPHRASE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG CLEFTED SENTENCES -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Method -- Discussion -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTES -- 6. THE RECOGNITION OF AMBIGUITY -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- NOTES -- 7. AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FOCUS -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Method -- Results -- Discussion -- NOTE -- 8. A DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF CO-VARIATION OF A NUMBER OF SYNTACTIC DEVICES IN FIVE PROSE GENRES -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Procedure -- Results -- Conclusion -- 9. RULE LEARNING AND THE ENGLISH INFLECTIONS(WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE PLURAL) -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Brief Description of the Experiment -- 3. Summary of Results -- 4. Which Rules are Learned? The Example of the English Plural. -- NOTES -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX В -- APPENDIX C -- APPENDIX D -- 10. PERCEPTUAL DIMENSIONS OF PHONEMIC RECOGNITION -- Abstract -- Method -- Results -- Summary and Conclusions -- NOTES -- EPILOGUE: AN "INFORMATION STRUCTURE" VIEW OF LANGUAGE -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.