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1. Some Notes on a Methodological Problem in the Study of the Relationship Between Thought and Language: Describing the Thought Content in Terms of Different Conceptions of the Same Phenomenon. Reports from the Institute of Education, University of Goteborg, No. 69.

Author

Goteborg Univ., Molndal (Sweden). Inst. of Education. and Svensson, Lennart

Abstract

This paper considers the problem of differentiating thought and language in a way that makes it possible to relate them to each other. The analysis covers approaches of sociolinguistic research, different models of language and cognitive functioning within psychology and linguistics, the cybernetic approach, and psycholinguistic analyses. A common approach has been to consider similarities and differences between languages and between cultures in thinking and linguistic forms. More recently, this approach has been extended to include comparisons between subcultures, social classes, and dialects. Another approach has more directly focused on the relation between units of thought and linguistic units. Problems associated with comparisons between languages and cultures and with focusing on linguistic form are discussed. To illustrate the problem of differentiating thought and language, a few examples involving written answers to questions about the meaning of a text are presented. It is concluded that to obtain an understanding of the relation between language and thought, one should study the successive change of conceptions and the use of linguistic forms and the interplay between such changes. Descriptions of the relation between thought and language should be made within a learning or development perspective. A Swedish translation of a portion of the text is appended. (SW)

Published
1978

2. Information Resources Management. Nordic Conference on Information and Documentation (6th, Helsinki, Finland, August 19-22, 1985).

Author

Samfundet for Informationstjanst i Finland, Helsinki.

Abstract

The 54 conference papers compiled in this proceedings include plenary addresses; reviews of Nordic databases; and discussions of documents, systems, services, and products as they relate to information resources management (IRM). Almost half of the presentations are in English: (1) "What Is Information Resources Management?" (Forest Woody Horton); (2) "Training and Education in Information Resources Management--The European Scene" (C. N. Jansen Van Rosendaal); (3) "Information--Education--Industry" (Jon Erlendsson); (4) "HELECON Databases" (Eeva-Liisa Lehtonen); (5) "Nordic Energy Databases" (Leena Katajapuro); (6) "The ARAMIS Project and Information Resources Management within Environmental Health and Protection" (Gunnel Hessler and Christina Olivercrona); (7) "Information Systems in Companies--Focus on Integration" (Ritva Launo); (8) "Research and Communication" (Jostein H. Hauge); (9) "On Information Resources Management in the Finnish Government" (Aatto J. Repo); (10) "Role of Classification in Information Systems Management" (Anna-Liisa Toivonen); (11) "Call for Integration: Redefined Educational Needs for Information Professionals" (Irene Wormell); (12) "Use of a Literature-Based Model To Define Research Activities: Applications in Research Planning" (Robert Kimberley); (13) "Aspects of Creating an Online Database" (Anni Huhtanen); (14) "Evaluation of Library Systems" (Siv Hunstad); (15) "Information Resources Management (IRM). Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" (Mats G. Lindquist); (16) "Information Technology--Strategic Possibility or Investment Risk?" (Marita Kaatrala); (17) "Decentralization of Information Services in a Research Centre" (Eero Sormunen); (18) "DOCLINE--The Development of a Computerized Interlending Link" (Ulla Daehli Martins); (19) "EPOS/VIRA and Downloading: What We Have Achieved" (Inger Enander and Marie Wallin); (20) "Commercial Information Services" (Maria Vahlgren Wall); and (21) "Changes in the Resource Allocations in Response to the Increasing Use of Source Databases" (Sinikka Koskiala). Conference participants from the following countries are listed: Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, England, France, Iran, Luxembourg, the United States, and South Africa. (BBM)

Published
1985

3. Special Languages and Second Languages: Methodology and Research. Number 47. AFinLA Yearbook 1989.

Author

Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics, Jyvaskyla., Nuopponen, Anita, and Palmberg, Rolf

Abstract

This publication consists of a collection of 18 papers in English, German, Swedish, and Finnish originally presented at a 1988 symposium of the Finnish Association of Applied Linguistics (AFinLA), which was organized jointly by the University of Vaasa and the Department of Teacher Education at Abo Akademi, Finland. Papers focus on the following topics: Second language learning and instruction; computer assisted translation and language learning; language research; instruction of Swedish as a second language in Sweden; translator training; textlinguistics; semantics; morphology; cross-cultural language styles; and languages for specific purposes in Finnish universities. (VWL)

Published
1989