Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 00:41:27 -0500 (EST) From: linguistlist reviews <reviewslinguistlist.org> Subject: AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW
The following books are available for review on the Linguist List.
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* THE FOLLOWING BOOKS WERE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED. *
* WE STILL HAVE A COPY AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. *
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Daelemans, Walter, Khalil Sima'an, Jorn Veenstra, and Jakub Zavrel,
ed. (2001) Computational Linguistics in the Netherlands 2000. Rodopi,
204pp, paperback ISBN 90-420-1247-1, US$45.00, EUR48,00
Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-3072.html
Xu, De Bao, ed. (2001) Chinese Phonology in Generative Grammar.
Academic Press, x+244pp, hardback ISBN 0-12-767670-8
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* THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST TIME. *
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Andersen, Henning, ed. (2001) Actualization: Linguistic Change in
Progress. John Benjamins Publishing Company, vii+250pp, hardback ISBN
1-58811-081-8, $77.00, Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 219
Baker, Mark C. (2001) The Atoms of Language: The Mind's Hidden Rules
of Grammar. Basic Books, xi+276pp, hardback ISBN 0-465-00521-7,
$28.00 US, $42.50 CAN
Baron, Irene, Michael Herslund, and Finn S�rensen (2001) Dimensions of
Possession. John Benjamins Publishing Company, vi+337pp, hardback ISBN
1-58811-062-1, $86.00, Typological Studies in Language 47
Bechtel, William, Pete Mandik, Jennifer Mundale, and Robert S.
Stufflebeam, ed. (2001) Philosophy and the Neurosciences. Blackwell
Publishers, xiv+482pp, paperback ISBN 0-631-21045-8, $19.99
Camps, Joaquim, and Caroline R. Wiltshire, ed. (2001) Romance Syntax,
Semantics and L2 Acquisition. John Benjamins Publishing Company,
xii+246pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-078-8, $73.00, Current Issues in
Linguistic Theory 216
Carnie, Andrew (2001) Syntax: A Generative Introduction. Blackwell
Publishers, xv+390pp, paperback ISBN 0-631-22544-7, $34.00,
Introducing Linguistics series
Cenoz, Jasone, and Fred Genessee, ed. (2001) Trends in Bilingualism.
John Benjamins Publishing Company, xii+288pp, hardback ISBN
1-58811-099-0, $54.95, Trends in Language Acquisition and Research 1
Chambers, J. K., Peter Trudgill, and Natalie Schilling-Estes, ed.
(2001) The Handbook of Language Variation and Change. Blackwell
Publishers, xii+807pp, hardback ISBN 0-631-21803-3, $124.95
Croft, William (2001) Radical Construction Grammar. Oxford University
Press, xxvii+416pp, paperback ISBN 0-19-829954-0, $35.00
Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-2000.html
D'Hulst, Yves, Johan Rooryck, and Jan Schroten, ed. (2001) Romance
Languages and Linguistic Theory 1999. John Benjamins Publishing
Company, viii+406pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-131-8, $86.00, Current
Issues in Linguistic Theory 221
Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-215.html
Davidson, Donald (2001) Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation, 2nd
edition. Oxford University Press, xxiv+296pp, paperback ISBN
0-19-924629-7, $21.95 (1st ed. 1984)
Dooley, Robert A., and Stephen H. Levinsohn (2001) Analyzing Discourse.
SIL International, viii+165pp, paperback ISBN 1-55671-115-8
Emmorey, Karen (2001) Language, Cognition, and the Brain. Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, xviii+383pp, paperback ISBN 0-8058-3399-4, $39.95
Gao, Hong (2001) The Physical Foundation of the Patterning of Physical
Action Verbs: A Study of Chinese Verbs. Lund University Press, 265pp,
paperback ISBN 91-974116-3-9
Geest, Thea M. van der (2001) Web Site Design is Communication Design.
John Benjamins Publishing Company, 165pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-010-9,
$34.95, Document Design Companion Series 2
G�rlach, Manfred, ed. (2001) A Dictionary of European Anglicisms.
Oxford University Press, xxvi+352pp, hardback ISBN 0-19-823519-4,
$99.00
Gross, Joan (2001) Speaking in Other Voices: An Ethnography of Walloon
Puppet Theaters. John Benjamins Publishing Company, xxviii+341pp,
hardback ISBN 1-58811-054-0, $89.00, Pragmatics and Beyond NS 91
Guasti, Maria Theresa (2002) Language Acquisition: The Growth of
Grammar. MIT Press, xv+474pp, hardback ISBN 0-262-07222-X, $55.00
(A Bradford Book)
Harkins, Jean, and Anna Wierzbicka, ed. (2001) Emotions in
Crosslinguistic Perspective. Mouton de Gruyter, vi+421pp, hardback
ISBN 3-11-017064-7, EUR84,00, Cognitive Linguistic Research 17
Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-3169.html
Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa (2001) Syntax in the Making. John Benjamins
Publishing Company, xiv+176pp, hardback ISBN 1-55619-394-7, $73.00,
Studies in Discourse and Grammar 9
Hume, Elizabeth, and Keith Johnson, ed. (2001) The Role of Speech
Perception in Phonology. Academic Press, xviii+282pp, hardback ISBN
0-12-361351-5
Jackendoff, Ray (2001) Foundations of Language. Oxford University
Press, xx+477pp, hardback ISBN 0-19-827012-7, GBP25.00
Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-3170.html
Koerner, E. F. K., and Aleksander Szwedek, ed. (2001) Towards a History
of Linguistics in Poland. John Benjamins Publishing Company,
xxii+335pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-104-0, $123.00, Studies in the
History of the Language Sciences 102
Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-213.html
Langbroek, Erika, Arend Quak, Annelies Roeleveld, and Paula Vermeyden,
ed. (2001) Amsterdamer Beitr�ge zur �lteren Germanistik. Rodopi, 289pp,
paperback ISBN $51.50, EUR55,00
Lycan, William G. (2001) Real Conditions. Oxford University Press,
223pp, hardback ISBN 0-49-924207-0, $35.00
McCarthy. John J. (2001) A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory.
Cambridge University Press, xiv+317pp, hardback ISBN 0-521-79194-4,
$69.95
Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-1993.html#2
Smith, Neil (2001) Language, Bananas, and Bonobos. Blackwell
Publishers, viii+150pp, paperback ISBN 0-634-22872-1, $21.95
Sobel, Carolyn P. (2001) The Cognitive Sciences: An Interdisciplinary
Approach. Mayfield Publishing Company (a division of Mc-Graw Hill),
hardback ISBN 0-7674-0213-8, xx+327pp
Weijer, Jeroen van de, and Tetsuo Nishihara, ed. (2001) Issues in
Japanese Phonology and Morphology. Mouton de Gruyter, viii+399pp,
hardback ISBN 3-11-016958-4, Studies in Generative Grammar 51
Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-2704.html#1
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