LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA Founded 1924 OFFICERS FOR 1929 President, PROFESSOR CHARLES H. GRANDGENT, Harvard University. Secretary and Treasurer, PROFESSOR ROLAND G. KENT, University of Penn sylvania. Executive Committee, the preceding, and PROFESSOR LEONARD BLOOMFIELD, University of Chicago. PROFESSOR EDWARD PROKOSCH, Yale University. Committee on Publications: Chairman and Editor: PROFESSOR GEORGE MELVILLE BOLLING, Ohio State University. To serve through 1929: PROFESSOR SAMUEL MOORE, University of Michigan. To serve throuth 1930: PROFESSOR HANS KURATH, Ohio State University. To serve through 1931: PROFESSOR EDWARD SAPIR, University of Chicago. The Linguistic Society of America was founded in December, 1924, for the advancement of the scentific study of language. The Society plans to promote this aim by bringing students of language together in its meetings, and by publishing the fruits of research. It has established a quarterly journal, a series of language monographs, and a series of language dissertations; the last two will appear at irregular intervals, according to the material offered to the Committee on Publications and the funds available for the purpose. Members will receive all in return for the annual dues of Five Dollars. Membership in the Society is not restricted to professed scholars in linguistics. All persons, whe her men or women, who are in sympathy with the objects of the Society, are invited to give it their assistance in furthering its work. Application for membership should be made to the Secretary, Professor Roland G. Kent, University of I ennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Entered as Scond Class Matter at the Postoffice at Baltimore, Maryland. This Journa is published quarterly by the Linguistic Society of America. Members of th Society receive it without extra charge, three dollars of the annual dues being appropriated for this purpose; to others, its price is five dollars per annum. Subscriptions and other business communications should be addressed to Language, or to Roland G. Kent, Treasurer, L. S. A., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Manuscripts for publication should be sent to George Melville Bollng, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. STANFORD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES RECORD OF THE LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE CONDUCTED BY THE LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA THE EFFECT OF MOVEMENTS OF POPULATION UPON AMERICAN DIA- LECTS, BY G. M. STEPHENSON (ABSTRACT).. RECORD OF THE LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE 1929 THE HISTORY OF THE SECOND SESSION The History of the First Session of the LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE was given in the Record of the Linguistic Institute 1928, published as Bulletin No. 2 of the LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA. Acting upon the authorization of the Executive Committee of the LINGUISTIC SOCIETY, the Director of the LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE proceeded in September 1928 to organize the session of 1929. He secured from the authorities of Yale University the same hospitable treatment which had been received for the first session, with the addition of an appropriation of $500 toward salaries of instructors in the Institute, and an additional $500 to cover the library fees of members of the Institute and the cost of books purchased by the Yale Library for the use of the Institute. He brought also before the American Council of Learned Societies the question of a possible subvention for the second session, and with the support of the Council he received from the Carnegie Corporation of New York a subvention of $4000, granted at a meeting in December 1928. He secured the participation of a strong faculty, of whom about one half had taken part in the First Session. The Director presented a report upon the LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE 1928 to the annual business session of the LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA, held at New York on December 29, 1928, and his report was received and accepted. The Society then confirmed the action of the Executive Committee in authorizing a second session of the LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE, and gave to the Executive Committee power to authorize a third session if that should seem desirable. Late in January, the Announcement of the Linguistic Institute 1929 was sent to the printer, and the finished copies were received for distribution late in February. This Announcement is obtainable as Bulletin No. 3 of the LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA. The Announcement was widely distributed to members of societies interested in linguistic subjects, and the Director and other members of the Administrative Committee prepared articles for appearance in technical journals, and made addresses before meetings of societies during the spring months, that the nature and purposes of the Institute might become known to all persons likely to be interested. Early in April word was received that the local chapter of Sigma Epsilon Pi, the honorary fraternity for encouraging the study of German, at the College of the City of New York, had established two fellowships of $100 each for graduate students at the LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE, these fellowships being designated as the von Klenze Scholarships, in honor of Professor Camillo von Klenze. The holders of these fellowships for the session of 1929 were Harry I. Rothman and L. Leo Taub. The von Klenze Fellowships are to be continued annually during the life of the LINGUISTIC INSTITUTE. Soon after the distribution of the Announcement of the session, Professor Esper fell ill and was obliged to withdraw from participation. At about the same time Professor Russell suggested that courses be instituted for teachers of the deaf, inasmuch as very few, if any, courses of a truly scientific nature are now conducted for their benefit. After some correspondence, two additional instructors were secured, Professor Metfessel and Dr. Einarsson, and additional courses were arranged. A special announcement was sent out to all the schools for the deaf, listing the following courses; the full description of the new courses is here given: Speech Articulation. MR. RUSSELL. - A detailed study of mouth and tongue positions required for the production of each individual sound as shown by X-ray photographs and other recent experiments. An examination of the radical modifications which must be made in the traditional classifications and descriptions to conform to the facts shown by the X-ray. Practice in the reconstruction with modeling clay of these exact tongue and other vocal organ positions. Drill in methods of teaching the student how to produce each sound; and in processes of utilizing one established articulation habit to train another; also how to prevent already acquired bad habits from interfering with the formation of the requisite new ones which are to take their place. Auricular Training; Correction of Speech and Voice Quality Defects. MR. RUSSELL. - Consideration of the auricular, speech, and brain physiology involved. Training the hearing of deaf children. Eliminating monotonous voices. Teaching pitch perception and reproduction as manifest in singing and speech intonation (quite apart from stress and quantity); and showing how it has been effectively accomplished in children with even so little as 25 per cent residuum of hearing. Study of various types of apparatus which may be used. Instruction in the use of the same. The sound patterns to be used. Practice in the testing of hearing by means of the Western Electric Audiometers. A |