This is the first issue of a series in which affiliates of the Institute of Linguistics report the results of their experimental work. Generative linguistics usually rely on the method of native speaker judgements in order to test their hypotheses. If a hypothesis rules out a set of sentences, linguistics can ask native speakers whether they feel these sentences are indeed ungrammatical in their language. There are, however, circumstances where this method is unreliable. In such cases a more elaborate method to test a hypothesis is called. All papes in this series, and hence, all papers in this volume deal with issues that cannot be reliably tested with native speaker judgements. <br><br> This volume contains 7 papers, all using different methods and finding answers to very different questions. This heterogenity, by the way, reflects the various interests and research programs of the institute. The paper, by Trutkowski, Zugck, Blaszczak, Fanselow, Fischer and Vogel deals with superiority in 10 Indo-European languages. The paper by Schlesewsky, Fanselow and Frisch and by Schlesewsky and Frisch, deal with the role of case in processing German sentences. The paper by Vogel and Frisch deals with resolving case conflicts, as does the paper by Vogel and Zugck. The nature of partitive case is the topic of the paper by Fischer. The paper by K?gler deals with the realization of question intonation in two German dialects. <br><br> We hope that you enjoy reading the papers!

Sarufi inafafanuliwa kama kanuni, sheria au taratibu zinazotawala katika viwango vyote vya uchambuzi wa lugha ambavyo ni umbosauti (au fonolojia), umboneno (au mofolojia), miundomaneno (au sintaksia) na umbomaana (au semantiki). Kuhusiana na masuala ya tafsiri, kanuni muhimu sana zinazopaswa kuzingatiwa ni zile za kiwango cha miundomaneno au sentensi. Kanuni katika kiwango cha miundomaneno, kwa jumla, huwa zinahusu uchaguzi wa maneno sahihi katika muktadha wa maelezo na jinsi maneno kama hayo yanavyopangiliwa kuunda vipashio mbalimbali vya sentensi na sentensi zenyewe. Kwa jumla, huwa kuna aina mbili za tafsiri: tafsiri halisi na tafsiri huru. Nasution 1988 hufikiri kwamba aina hizi mbili za tafsiri hukinzana.

Sarufi inafafanuliwa kama kanuni, sheria au taratibu zinazotawala katika viwango vyote vya uchambuzi wa lugha ambavyo ni umbosauti (au fonolojia), umboneno (au mofolojia), miundomaneno (au sintaksia) na umbomaana (au semantiki). Kuhusiana na masuala ya tafsiri, kanuni muhimu sana zinazopaswa kuzingatiwa ni zile za kiwango cha miundomaneno au sentensi. Kanuni katika kiwango cha miundomaneno, kwa jumla, huwa zinahusu uchaguzi wa maneno sahihi katika muktadha wa maelezo na jinsi maneno kama hayo yanavyopangiliwa kuunda vipashio mbalimbali vya sentensi na sentensi zenyewe. Kwa jumla, huwa kuna aina mbili za tafsiri: tafsiri halisi na tafsiri huru. Nasution 1988 hufikiri kwamba aina hizi mbili za tafsiri hukinzana.