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John Benjamins North America announces the availability of these two titles published by J C Gieben, Amsterdam. Latin in Use Amsterdam Studies in the Pragmatics of Latin Rodie Risselada Contents: Bolkenstein, A. M.: Between brackets; (some properties of) parenthetical clauses in Latin. An investigation of the language of Cicero's letters. Jong, J. R. de: Deictic and anaphoric usage of the pronoun iste. Jong, J. R. de: Ecce! Kroon, C. H. M.: Particles and tenses in Latin narrative discourse. Pinkster, H.: Is the Latin present tense the unmarked, neutral tense in the system? Risselada, R.: Postreno, tandem L: igures terga dederunt. A contrastive study of the dis-course functions of tandem and postremo. Amsterdam Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8 1999 viii, 120 pp. Cloth: 90 5063 297 1 US & Canada through John Benjamins: USD45.00 Rest of world: please contact J C Gieben Publishers at <giebenMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuewxs.nl> ********************************************* Linguistica Tyrrhenica II Fred C. Woudhuizen In this second volume of Linguistica Tyrrhenica the relationship of Etruscan with the Indo-European languages of Asia Minor will be further explored. The first part deals with the second largest inscription in the Etruscan language, the Capua tile. The second part presents the new insights from the Capua tile and a few minor texts in the same concise and systematic order as developed for the first volume of this series. Hence, it likewise consists of a dictionary part with extensive explications per item and sections on orthography, phonology, morphology and grammar exemplified by selected texts in translation. This volume further contains appendices on the Pyrgi texts, toponyms and personal names of Anatolian background, and Indo-European aspects. J. C. Geiben 1999 221 pp. Paper: 90 5063 577 6 US & Canada through John Benjamins: $45.00 Rest of world: please contact J C Gieben Publishers at <gieben
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