LINGUIST List 11.210

Wed Feb 2 2000

Books: Discourse Analysis, Syntax & Semantics

Editor for this issue: Naomi Ogasawara <naomilinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Paul Peranteau, Discourse Analysis: Negotiating Agreement & Disagreement in Japanese
2. Paul Peranteau, Topics in South Slavic Syntax & Semantics

John Benjamins Publishing announces a new work in Discourse Analysis and
Japanese:

Negotiating Agreement and Disagreement in Japanese.
Connective expressions and turn construction.
Junko MORI (University of Wisconsin - Madison
Studies in Discourse and Grammar 8
US & Canada: 1 55619 374 2 / USD 75.00 (Hardcover)
Rest of world: 90 272 2618 0 / NLG 150.00 (Hardcover)

On the basis of the meticulous transcription/observation process of
'Conversation Analysis', this book observes recurrent patterns in
sequences where Japanese speakers negotiate agreement and
disagreement. It contributes to the growing body of research on
'interaction and grammar' by examining how linguistic recourses are
utilized for constructing turns and anticipating the upcoming course
of interaction. More specifically, it focuses on the recurrent use of
two structurally different types of connective expressions:
clause-initial connectives and clause-final connective particles. The
study examines the occurrences of these causal and contrastive markers
with reference to their sequential environment and the resulting
interaction. While the introductory chapters situate this approach in
the current literature, the main analytical chapters investigate the
ways in which 'delivery of agreement', 'delivery of disagreement', and
'pursuit for agreement' are performed with the use of the different
types of connective expressions. As one of the earliest conversation
analytic studies of Japanese, this book also addresses methodological
issues concerning cross-linguistic, cross-cultural studies of human
interaction.

				John Benjamins Publishing Co. 
Offices:		Philadelphia				Amsterdam:
Websites: 	http://www.benjamins.com		http://www.benjamins.nl
E-mail:		servicebenjamins.com		customer.servicesbenjamins.nl
Phone:		+215 836-1200				+31 20 6762325
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John Benjamins Publishing announces a new work in Slavic Syntax & Semantics:

Topics in South Slavic Syntax and Semantics.
Mila DIMITROVA-VULCHANOVA and Lars HELLAN (eds.)
Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 172
US & Canada: 1 55619 889 2 / USD 75.00 (Hardcover)
Rest of world: 90 272 3678 X / NLG 150.00 (Hardcover)

This collection of articles presents a variety of approaches to
central phenomena in South Slavic syntax and semantics, with an
informal introduction by the editors on South Slavic clause
structure. Phenomena addressed (treated partly on a language specific
basis, partly comparative) include: the structure of the functional
field, verb fronting, clitic placement, conjunctions, noun phrase
structure, possessives, agreement, and aspectual phenomena.
Contributions: Wayles Browne: Vsjako nacalo e trudno; Andrew Caink:
Against 'Long Head Movement'; Mila Dimitrova-Vulchanova & Giuliana
Giusti: Possesssors in the Bulgarian DP; Mila Dimitrova-Vulchanova &
Lars Hellan: The clausal structure of South Slavic; Iliyana Krapova:
The system of auxiliaries in Bulgarian; Nedzad Leko: Functional
categories and the structure of DP in Bosnian; Ljiliana Progovac:
Conjunction doubling and 'Avoid Conjunction Principle'; Maria Luisa
Rivero: Verb movement and economy; Ivanka P. Schick: On the contrast
relation in the Balkan languages in comparison to Russian and German;
Jindrich Toman: On clitic [dis]placement; Henk Verkuyl: Tense, aspect,
and aspectual composition.

				John Benjamins Publishing Co. 
Offices:		Philadelphia				Amsterdam:
Websites: 	http://www.benjamins.com		http://www.benjamins.nl
E-mail:		servicebenjamins.com		customer.servicesbenjamins.nl
Phone:		+215 836-1200				+31 20 6762325
Fax: 		+215 836-1204				+31 20 6739773