LINGUIST List 12.1134: AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW

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The following books are available for review. If you are interested in reviewing any of these books, please contact Simin Karimi at: simin

linguistlist.org. When asking to review a book, please include the following in your message. Please do this even if you have given us this information before! (1) The author(s) and title of the book you wish to review. If you are interested in more than one book, list them in rank order of preference. (2) Your full name and highest academic degree received. (3) Your current affiliation if any. (4) A short description of your research interests. (5) A postal address to which the book should be sent. Do NOT include an electronic CV or a URL for your personal web page. These WILL be ignored. If you are selected to review a book, we will mail you a copy along with further instructions. Reviews must be completed within six weeks of receipt of the book or the book must be returned. *********************************************************** ************************************************** * THE FOLLOWING BOOKS WERE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED. * * WE STILL HAVE A COPY AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. * ************************************************** Belcher, Diane, ed. (2001) Reflections on Multiliterate Lives, Multilingual Matters, paperback, vii+211 pp., ISBN: 1-85359-521-7, GBP19.95. B�rjars, Kersti, and Burridge, Kate (2001) Introducing English Grammar, Arnold Publishers, hardback, xiii+311 pp., ISBN: 0-340-69172-7, $65.00. Culicover, Peter W., and Postal, Paul M., ed. (2001) Parasitic Gaps, MIT Press, hardback, ix+447 pp., ISBN: 0-262-03284-8, $55.00. Deutscher, Guy (2000) Syntactic Change in Akkadian: The Evolution of Sentential Complementation, Oxford University Press, hardback, xv+204 pp., ISBN: 0-19-829988-5, $70.00. Huang, Yan (2000) Anaphora: A Cross-linguistic Study, Oxford University Press, hardback, xv+396 pp., ISBN: 0-19-823529-1, $85.00. King, Kendall A. (2001) Language Revitalization Processes and Prospects: Quichua in the Ecuadorian Andes, Multilingual Matters, paperback, xii+258 pp., ISBN: 1-85359-494-6. Melamed, I. Dan (2001) Empirical Methods for Exploiting Parallel Texts, MIT Press, hardback, xi+195 pp., ISBN: 0-262-13380-6, $32.95. Singh, Ishtla (2000) Pidgins and Creoles: An Introduction, Arnold Publishers, hardback, xv+142 pp., ISBN: 0-340-70094-7, $65.00. ********************************************************* * THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST TIME. * ********************************************************* Aronoff, Mark, and Rees-Miller, Janie, ed. (2000) The Handbook of Linguistics, Blackwell Publishers, hardback, xvi+824 pp., ISBN: 0-631-20497-0, $125.00, Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics Ayres-Bennett, Wendy, and Carruthers, Janice (2001) Studies in the Modern French Language: Problems and Perspectives, Longman, paperback, xix+406pp., ISBN: 0-582-29346-4, GBP 30.99, Longman Linguistics Library Baltin, Mark, and Collins, Chris, ed. (2000) The Handbook of Contemporary Syntactic Theory, Blackwell Publishers, hardback, xii+860 pp., ISBN: 0-631-20507-1, $124.95, Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics B�joint, Henri (2000) Modern Lexicography: An Introduction, Oxford University Press, paperback, xii+276 pp., ISBN: 0-19-829951-6 Bresnan, Joan (2000) Lexical-Functional Syntax, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, x+446 pp., ISBN: 0-631-20974-3, $34.95, Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics Burton-Roberts, Noel; Carr, Philip; and Docherty, Gerard, ed. (2000) Phonological Knowledge: Conceptual and Empirical Issues, Oxford University Press, paperback, x+352pp., ISBN: 0-19-924577-0, $35.00 Butt, Miriam, and King, Traci Holloway, ed. (2000) Argument Realization, CSLI Publications, paperback, x+244 pp., ISBN: 1-57586-266-2, Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism Cann, Ronnie, Grover, Claire, and Miller, Philip, ed. (2000) Grammatical Interfaces in HPSG, CSLI Publications, paperback, xxii+292 pp., ISBN: 1-57586-314-6, Studies in Constraint-Based Lexicalism 8 Cavedon, Lawrence, Blackburn, Patrick, Braisby, Nick, and Shimojima, Atsushi, ed. (2000) Logic, Language and Computation, Volume 3, CSLI Publications, paperback, xvi+340 pp., ISBN: 1-57586-268-9, CSLI Lecture Notes 111 Chametzky, Robert A. (2000) Phrase Structure: From GB to Minimalism, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, xi+171 pp., ISBN: 0-631-20159-9, $32.95, Generative Syntax Chomsky, Noam (2000) The Architecture of Language, Oxford University Press, hardback, xv+89 pp., ISBN: 0-19-564834-X, $35.00, Edited by Nirmalangshu Mukherji, Bibudhendra Narayan Patnaik, and Rama Kant Agnihotri. Cowie, A. P., ed. (2001) Phraseology: Theory, Analysis, and Applications, paperback ed., Oxford University Press, paperback, xiv+258pp., ISBN: 0-19-829964-8, $24.95 Danziger, Eve (2001) Relatively Speaking: Language, Thought, and Kinship among the Mopan Maya, Oxford University Press, hardback, x+125 pp., ISBN: 0-19-509910-9, $65.00 D�rnyei, Zolt�n (2001) Teaching and Researching Motivation, Longman, paperback, xii+295pp., ISBN: 0-582-38238-6, GBP 22.99, Applied Linguistics in Action Duranti, Alessandro, ed. (2001) Linguistic Anthropology: A Reader, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, ix+493 pp., ISBN: 0-631-22111-5, $34.95, Blackwell Anthologies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Duranti, Alessandro, ed. (2001) Key Terms in Language and Culture, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, xvi+282 pp., ISBN: 0-631-22666-4, $27.95 Ellis, Rod (1990) Instructed Second Language Acquisition, 7th reprinting, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, ix+230 pp., ISBN: 0-631-16202-X, $32.95, Applied Language Studies Hawkins, Roger (2001) Second Language Syntax: A Generative Introduction, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, xviii+386 pp., ISBN: 0-631-19184-4, $34.95 Hollich, George J., Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy, and Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick (2000) Breaking the Language Barrier: An Emergentist Coalition Model of Word Learning, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, vi+135 pp., ISBN: 0-631-22154-9, $32.95, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 262 Hornstein, Norbert (2000) Move! A Minimalist Theory of Construal, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, viii+248 pp., ISBN: 0-631-22361-4, $34.95, Generative Syntax Johnson, Keith (2001) An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching, Longman, paperback, ix+336pp., ISBN: 0-582-29086-4, GBP 27.99, Learning about Language Kadmon, Nirit (2001) Formal Pragmatics: Semantics, Pragmatics, Presupposition, and Focus, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, xi+430 pp., ISBN: 0-631-20121-1, $39.95 Kempson, Ruth, Meyer-Viol, Wilfried, and Gabbay, Dov (2000) Dynamic Syntax: The Flow of Language Understanding, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, xii+348 pp., ISBN: 0-631-17613-6, $34.95 Kessler, Brett (2001) The Significance of Word Lists, CSLI Publications, paperback, x+277 pp., ISBN: 1-57586-299-9, Dissertations in Linguistics Labov, William (2001) Principles of Language Change, Volume 2: Social Factors, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, xviii+572 pp., ISBN: 0-631-17916-X, $34.95 Ladefoged, Peter (2000) Vowels and Consonants: An Introduction to the Sounds of Languages, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, xxii+191 pp., ISBN: 0-631-21422-7, $34.95, CD-ROM included Ledgeway, Adam (2000) A Comparative Syntax of the Dialects of Southern Italy: A Minimalist Approach, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, xvi+329 pp., ISBN: 0-631-22166-2, $29.95, Publications of the Philological Society, 33 Lepore, Ernest (2000) Meaning and Argument: An Introduction to Logic through Language, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, xvi+418 pp., ISBN: 0-631-20582-9, $31.95 L�deling, Anke (2001) On Particle Verbs and Similar Constructions in German, CSLI Publications, paperback, xiii+178 pp., ISBN: 1-57586-302-2, Dissertations in Linguistics Mey, Jacob L. (2001) Pragmatics: An Introduction, 2nd ed., Blackwell Publishers, paperback, xiv+392 pp., ISBN: 0-631-21132-2, $29.95 Minnen, Guido (2001) Efficient Processing with Constraint- Logic Grammars Using Grammar Compilation, CSLI Publications, paperback, viii+255 pp., ISBN: 1-57586-306-5, Stanford Monographs in Linguistics Price, Glanville, ed. (2000) Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe, paperback ed., Blackwell Publishers, paperback, xvii+499 pp., ISBN: 0-631-22039-9, $34.95 Price, Glanville, ed. (2000) Languages in Britain & Ireland, Blackwell Publishers, paperback, xi+240 pp., ISBN: 0-631-21581-6, $34.95 Rivero, Mar�a Luisa, and Ralli, Angela, ed. (2001) Comparative Syntax of Balkan Languages, Oxford University Press, hardback, 234pp., ISBN: 0-19-512951-2, $49.95, Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax Roca, Ana, ed. (2000) Research on Spanish in the United States: Linguistic Issues and Challenges, Cascadilla Press, paperback, xiv+450 pp., ISBN: 1-57473-013-4, $32.95 Sainsbury, Mark (2000) Logical Forms: An Introduction to Philosophical Logic, 2nd ed., Blackwell Publishers, paperback, vii+424 pp., ISBN: 0-631-21679-0, $29.95 Shohamy, Elana (2001) The Power of Tests: A Critical Perspective on the Uses of Language Tests, Longman, paperback, xxvi+182pp., ISBN: 0-582-42335-X, GBP 27.99, Language in Social Life Taylor, John R. (2001) Possessives in English: An Exploration in Cognitive Grammar, Oxford University Press, paperback, xii+368pp., ISBN: 0-19-829982-6, $35.00 Webb, Vic, and Kembo-Sure, ed. (2001) African Voices: An Introduction to the Languages and Linguistics of Africa, Oxford University Press, paperback, xiv+334 pp., ISBN: 0-19-571681-7, $19.95 Linguist List reviews Simin Karimi (simin

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