Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 12:58:12 -0400 (EDT) From: linguistlist reviews <reviewslinguistlist.org> Subject: Books: AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW
The following books are available for review on the LINGUIST List.
If you are interested in reviewing any of these books, please
contact Simin Karimi at:
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We are still waiting for announcements for most of the books listed
below, but have decided to issue this call for reviewers on the
assumption that the announcements will have been posted by the time
we receive and are ready to post the reviews. We have included links
to the publishers' announcements on LINGUIST where we have them.
When asking to review a book, include the following in your message.
Please do this even if you have given us this information before!
1. The bibliographic information 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 and qualifications
to do the review.
5. A postal address to which the book should be sent.
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.
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* THE FOLLOWING BOOKS WERE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED. *
* WE STILL HAVE A COPY AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. *
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Diephuis, Henk, Wolfgang Herrlitz, and Gabriele Schmitz-Schwamborn,
ed. (2002) Deutsch in der Welt: Chancen und Initiativen. Rodopi,
157pp, paperback ISBN 90-420-0362-6.
Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-1397.html
Matras, Yaron (2002) Romani: A Linguistic Introduction. Cambridge
University Press, xiv+291pp, hardback ISBN 0-521-63165-3.
Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-167.html
Megerdoomian, Karine, and Leora Anne Bar-el, ed. (2002) WCCFL 20:
Proceedings of the 20th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics.
Cascadilla Press, 669pp, paperback ISBN 1-57473-043-6, $40.00.
Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-2004.html
Montgomery, Martin, Alan Durant, Nigel Fabb, et al. (2000) Ways of
Reading: Advanced Reading Skills for Students of English Literature,
2nd ed. Routledge, xiv+369pp, paperback ISBN 0-415-22206-0 (1st ed.,
1992)
P�rez Quintero, Mar�a Jes�s (2002) Adverbial Subordination in
English: A Functional Approach. Rodopi, xvi+216pp, hardback ISBN
90-420-1360-5, $47.00, Language and Computers: Studies in
Practical Linguistics 41.
Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-1835.html
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* BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW *
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Altenberg, Bengt, and Sylviane, Granger (2002) Lexis in Contrast:
Corpus-Based Approaches. John Benjamins Publishing Company, vi+326pp,
hardback ISBN 1-58811-090-7, $86.00, Studies in Corpus Linguistics 7
Barbiers, Sjef, Frits Beukema, and Wim van der Wurff (2002) Modality
and Its Interaction With the Verbal System. John Benjamins Publishing
Company, viii+285pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-167-9, $88.00, Linguistics
Aktuell/Linguistics Today 47
Booij, Geert, ed. (2002) The Morphology of Dutch. Oxford University
Press, xii+253pp, paperback ISBN 0-19-829980-X, $26.00
Boxer, Diana, ed. (2002) Applying Sociolinguistics: Domains and Face-
to-Face Interaction. John Benjamins Publishing Company, x+239pp,
paperback ISBN 1-58811-198-9, $35.95, Impact: Studies in Language and
Society 15
Breivik, Leiv Egil, and Angela Hasselgren (2002) From the Colt's
Mouth... And Others'. Rodopi, x+260pp, hardback ISBN 90-420-1479-2,
$61.00, Language and Computers: Studies in Practical Linguistics 40
de Swaan, Abram, ed. (2001) Words of the World: The Global Language
System. Polity Press (imprint of Blackwell Publishers), xii+253pp,
paperback ISBN 0-7456-2748-X, GBP15.99
Ford, Cecilia E., Barbara A. Fox, and Sandra A. Thompson (2002) The
Language of Turn and Sequence. Oxford University Press, x+290pp,
hardback ISBN 0-19-512489-8
Gelber, Katharine, ed. (2002) Speaking Back: The Free Speech Versus
Hate Speech Debate. John Benjamins Publishing Company, xvi+173pp,
hardback ISBN 1-58811-188-1, $59.00, Discourse Approaches to Politics,
Society and Culture 1
Goddard, Cliff, and Anna Wierzbicka (2002) Meaning and Universal
Grammar: Theory and Empirical Finding, Volume I. John Benjamins
Publishing Company, xvi+334pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-264-0, $72.00,
Studies in Language Companion Series 60
Goddard, Cliff, and Anna Wierzbicka (2002) Meaning and Universal
Grammar: Theory and Empirical Finding, Volume II. John Benjamins
Publishing Company, xv+334pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-265-9, $72.00,
Studies in Language Companion Series 61
G�rlach, Manfred, ed. (2002) Still More Englishes. John Benjamins
Publishing Company, xiv+240pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-263-2, $72.00,
Varieties of English Around the World, G28
Gross, Alan G., Joseph E. Harmon, and Michael Reidy, ed. (2002)
Communicating Science: The Scientific Article from the 17th Century to
the Present. Oxford University Press, xii+234pp, hardback ISBN
0-19-513454-0, $60.00
Harris, Alice C., ed. (2002) Endoclitics and the Origins of Udi
Morphosyntax. Oxford University Press, xvi+284pp, hardback ISBN
0-19-924633-5
Haspelmath, Martin, ed. (2002) Understanding Morphology. Arnold
Publishers, xiv+252pp, paperback ISBN 0-340-76026-5, Understanding
Language Series
Jackendoff, Ray, Paul Bloom, and Karen Wynn (2002) Language, Logic, and
Concepts. MIT Press, xxviii+470pp, paperback ISBN 0-262-60046-3
Janson, Tore, ed. (2002) Speak: A Short History of Languages. Oxford
University Press, viii+290pp, hardback ISBN 0-19-829978-8, $19.95
Kelly, L. G., ed. (2002) The Mirror of Grammar: Theology, Philosophy,
and the Modistae. John Benjamins Publishing Company, x+243pp, hardback
ISBN 1-58811-176-8, $86.00, Studies in the History of the Language
Sciences 101
Lahiri, Utpal, ed. (2002) Questions and Answers in Embedded Contexts.
Oxford University Press, x+308pp, hardback ISBN 0-19-824133-X. Oxford
Studies in Theoretical Linguistics 2
Langbroek, Erika, Arend Quak, Annelies Roeleveld, and Paula Vermeyden,
ed. (2002) Amsterdamer Beitr�ge zur �lteren Germanistik, Band 56.
Rodopi, v+277pp, paperback ISBN 90-420-1579-9, $49.50
Litosseliti, Lia, and Jane Sunderland (2002) Gender Identity and
Discourse Analysis. John Benjamins Publishing Company, vii+326pp,
hardback ISBN 1-58811-213-6, $90.00, Discourse Approaches to Politics,
Society and Culture 2
Louwerse, Max, and Willie van Peer (2002) Thematics: Interdisciplinary
Studies. John Benjamins Publishing Company, x+430pp, hardback ISBN 1-
58811-107-5, $123.00, Converging Evidence in Language and Communication
Research 3
Marcantonio, Angela, ed. (2002) The Uralic Language Family: Facts.
Myths and Statistics. Blackwell Publishers, xxiii+335pp, paperback ISBN
0-631-23170-6, $37.95, Publications of the Philological Society 35
Miller, D. Gary, ed. (2002) Nonfinite Structures in Theory and Change.
Oxford University Press, xxii+462pp, hardback ISBN 0-19-829960-5
Neale, Stephen, ed. (2001) Facing Facts. Oxford University Press,
xvi+254pp, hardback ISBN 0-19-924715-3, $35.00
Preyer, Gerhard, and Georg Peter (2002) Logical Form and Language.
Oxford University Press, x+512pp, paperback ISBN 0-19-924555-X
Rahman, Tariq, ed. (2002) Language, Ideology and Power. Oxford
University Press, xx+689pp, hardback ISBN 0-19-579644-6
Satterfield, Teresa, Christina Tortora, and Diana Cresti (2002) Current
Issues in Romance Languages. John Benjamins Publishing Company,
xiii+375pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-089-3, $95.00, Amsterdam Studies in
the Theory and History of Linguistic Science 220
Schmid, Monika S., ed. (2002) First Language Attrition, Use and
Maintenance: The Case of German Jews in Anglophone Countries. John
Benjamins Publishing Company, xiv+251pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-190-3,
$77.00, Studies in Bilingualism 24
Schmitt, Norbert (2002) An Introduction to Applied Linguistics. Arnold
Publishers, viii+339pp, paperback ISBN 0-340-76419-8, $24.95
Shibatani, Masayoshi (2002) The Grammar of Causation and Interpersonal
Manipulation. John Benjamins Publishing Company, xiv+532pp, paperback
ISBN 1-58811-120-2, $58.95, Typological Studies in Language, 48
Trudgill, Peter, and Jean Hannahs, ed. (2002) International English: A
Guide to the Varieties of Standard English, 4th Edition. Arnold
Publishers, xvi+139pp, paperback ISBN 0-340-80834-9, $21.95
Verdonk, Peter, ed. (2002) Stylistics. Oxford University Press,
xiv+124pp, paperback ISBN 0-19-437240-5. Oxford Introductions to
Language Study
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