LINGUIST List 13.562

Fri Mar 1 2002

Books: AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW

Editor for this issue: Terence Langendoen <terrylinguistlist.org>

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1. linguistlist reviews, AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW -- books

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:
 siminlinguistlist.org

We have included links to the publishers' announcements of these books
on LINGUIST, so that you can easily get more information about 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 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.

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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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
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-214.html

Carnie, Andrew (2001) Syntax: A Generative Introduction. Blackwell
Publishers, xv+390pp, paperback ISBN 0-631-22544-7, $34.00,
Introducing Linguistics series
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-435.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 in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-215.html

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)
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-441.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

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 in http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-2704.html#

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* THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST TIME. *
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Boyd, Sally, and Leena Huss, ed. (2001) Managing Multilingualism in a
European Nation-State: Challenges for Sweden. Multilingual Matters,
86pp, hardback ISBN 1-85359-558-6, GBP 26.00

Chappell, Hilary, ed. (2001) Sinitic Grammar: Synchronic and Diachronic
Perspectives. Oxford University Press, xxviii+397pp, hardback ISBN
0-19-829977-X
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-392.html

Dahl, �sten, and Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm, ed. (2001) Circum-Baltic
Languages, Volume 1: Past and Present. John Benjamins Publishing
Company, xii+359pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-020-6, Studies in Language
Companion Series, 54
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-290.html

Dahl, �sten, and Marianne Koptjevskaja-Tamm, ed. (2001) Circum-Baltic
Languages, Volume 2: Grammar and Typology. John Benjamins Publishing
Company, xx+761pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-042-7, $90.00, Studies in
Language Companion Series, 55
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-290.html

Danon-Boileau, Laurent (2001) The Silent Child: Bringing Language to
Children Who Cannot Speak. Oxford University Press, x+188pp, hardback
ISBN 0-19-823786-3, $25.00

Davidson, Donald (2001) Essays on Actions and Events, 2nd Edition.
Oxford University Press, xxii+324pp, paperback ISBN 0-19-924627-0,
$21.95 (1st ed., 1980)

Dupoux, Emmanuel, ed. (2002) Language, Brain, and Cognitive
Development. MIT Press, xvi+541pp, hardback ISBN 0-262-04197-9, $55.00

Eckert, Penelope, and John R. Rickford, ed. (2001) Style and
Sociolinguistic Variation. Cambridge University Press, xvi+341pp,
hardback ISBN 0-521-59191-0
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-1984.html

Ernst, Thomas (2002) The Syntax of Adjuncts. Cambridge University
Press, xii+555pp, hardback ISBN 0-521-77134-X. Cambridge Studies in
Linguistics, 96
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-1992.html

F�nagy, Ivan (2001) Languages Within Language: An Evolutive Approach.
John Benjamins Publishing Company, xiv+828pp, hardback ISBN
1-55619-038-7, Foundations of Semiotics, 3
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-364.html

Ghini, Mirco (2001) Asymmetries in the Phonology of Miogliola. Mouton
de Gruyter, xvi+267pp, hardback ISBN 3-11-017090-6, Studies in
Generative Grammar, 60

Ginzburg, Jonathan, and Ivan A. Sag (2000) Interrogative
Investigations: The Form, Meaning, and Use of English Interrogatives.
CSLI Publications, xii+449pp, paperback ISBN 1-57586-278-6, $30.00,
CSLI Lecture Notes, 23
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-2545.html#1

Gramley, Stephan (2001) The Vocabulary of World English. Oxford
University Press, xiv+323pp, paperback ISBN 0-340-71072-8, $21.95,
The English Language Series

Gussmann, Edmund (2002) Phonology: Analysis and Theory. Cambridge
University Press, xiv+234pp, hardback ISBN 0-521-57409-9
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-159.html

Hall, T. Allen, ed. (2001) Distinctive Feature Theory. Mouton de
Gruyter, vii+372pp, hardback ISBN 3-11-017033-7, EUR 78,00, Phonology
and Phonetics, 2
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-2869.html

Hardin, Karol J. (2001) Pragmatics of Persuasive Discourse in Spanish
Television Advertising. SIL International, viii+234pp, paperback ISBN
1-55671-150-6

Harkins, Jean, and Anna Wierzbicka, ed. (2001) Emotions in
Crosslinguistic Perspective. Mouton de Gruyter, vi+421pp, hardback ISBN
3-11-017064-7, Cognitive Linguistic Research 17
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-3169.html

Herschensohn, Julia, Enrique Mall�n, and Karen Zagona, ed. (2001)
Features and Interfaces in Romance: Essays in Honor of Heles Contreras.
John Benjamins Publishing Company, xiv+302pp, hardback ISBN
1-58811-181-4, $86.00, Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 222
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-294.html

Hinkel, Eli (2001) Second Language Writers' Text, Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, xvi+370pp, paperback ISBN 0-8058-4033-8, $39.95

Ifantidou, Elly (2001) Evidentials and Relevance. John Benjamins
Publishing Company, x+225pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-302-X, $73.00,
Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 86
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-365.html

Karan, Mark (2001) The Dynamics of Sango. SIL International, x+151pp,
paperback ISBN 1-55671-122-0

Luzio, Aldo, Susanne G�nthner, and Franca Orletti, ed. (2001) Culture
in Communication. John Benjamins Publishing Company, xv+341pp, hardback
ISBN 1-55619-990-2

Oakes, Leigh (2001) Language and National Identity: Comparing France
and Sweden. John Benjamins Publishing Company, x+305pp, hardback ISBN
1-58811-116-4, Impact: Studies in Language and Society, 13
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-218.html

Orešnik, Janez (2001) A Predictable Aspect of (Morpho)Syntactic
Variants. Ljubjana: Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, 243pp,
paperback ISBN 961-6242-42-3

P�tz, Martin, Susanne Niemeier, and Ren� Dirven, ed. (2001) Applied
Cognitive Linguistics I: Theory and Language Acquisition. Mouton de
Gruyter, xxiv+273pp, hardback ISBN 3-11-017221-6

P�tz, Martin, Susanne Niemeier, and Ren� Dirven, ed. (2001) Applied
Cognitive Linguistics II: Language Pedagogy. Mouton de Gruyter,
xxvi+263pp, hardback ISBN 3-11-017222-4

Reagan, Timothy G., and Terry A. Osborn (2002) The Foreign Language
Educator in Society: Toward a Critical Pedagogy, Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates, xiv+185pp, paperback ISBN 0-8058-3592-X, $24.50

Selting, Margaret, Elizabeth and Couper-Kuhlen, ed. (2001) Studies in
Interactional Linguistics. John Benjamins Publishing Company,
viii+438pp, hardback ISBN 1-58811-097-4, Studies in Discourse and
Grammar, 10
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-432.html

Seuren, Pieter A. M. (2001) A View of Language. Oxford University
Press, xxiv+517pp, hardback ISBN 0-19-924481-2

Smith, Norval, and Tonjes Veenstra, ed. (2001) Creolization and
Contact. John Benjamins Publishing Company, vi+322pp, hardback ISBN
1-58811-111-3, $100, Creole Language Library Volume, 23
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-241.html

Sorjonen, Marja-Leena (2001) Responding in Conversation: A Study of
Response Particles in Finnish. John Benjamins Publishing Company,
x+330pp, hardback ISBN 1-55619-948-1, Pragmatics & Beyond New Series,
70
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-212.html

Steedman, Mark (2002) The Syntactic Process. MIT Press, x+330pp,
paperback ISBN 0-262-19420-1, $19.95 (hardback ed., 2000)
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/11/11-608.html

Verhoeven, Ludo, and Sven Str�mqvist, ed. (2001) Narrative Development
in a Multilingual Context. John Benjamins Publishing Company, vi+430pp,
hardback ISBN 1-58811-098-2, Studies in Bilingualism, 23
 Announced in http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-292.html