LINGUIST List 15.739

Mon Mar 1 2004

Books: AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW

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EDITOR: Biggam, C. P.
TITLE: From Earth to Art
SUBTITLE: The many aspects of the plant-world in Anglo-Saxon England.
 Proceedings of the first ASPNS Symposium, University of Glasgow, 5-7
April 2000
SERIES: Costerius New Series vol. 148
PUBLISHER: Rodopi
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-2941.html

AUTHOR: Culicover, Peter W.; Nowak, Andrzej
TITLE: Dynamical Grammar
SUBTITLE: Minimalism, acquisition, and change
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-2604.html

AUTHOR: Danesi, Marcel
TITLE: Second Language Teaching
SUBTITLE: A view from the right side of the brain
SERIES: Topics in Language and Linguistics 8
PUBLISHER: Kluwer Academic Publishers
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-174.html

EDITOR: Emmorey, Karen
TITLE: Perspectives on Classifier Constructions in Sign Languages
PUBLISHER: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-188.html

EDITOR: Holisky, De Ann; Tuite, Kevin
TITLE: Current Trends in Caucasian, East European and Inner Asian
 Linguistics
SUBTITLE: Papers in honor of Howard I. Aronson
SERIES: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 246
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-3231.html

EDITOR: Jackson, Ronald L., II; Richardson, Elaine B.
TITLE: Understanding African American Rhetoric
SUBTITLE: Classical origins to contemporary innovations
PUBLISHER: Routledge (Taylor and Francis)
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-3123.html

EDITOR: Levy, Yonata; Schaeffer, Jeanette C.
TITLE: Language Competence across Populations
SUBTITLE: Toward a definition of specific language impairment
PUBLISHER: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-179.html

AUTHOR: Manninen, Satu Helena
TITLE: Small Phrase Layers
SUBTITLE: A study of Finnish manner adverbials
SERIES: Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 65
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-2814.html

AUTHOR: Morawietz, Frank
TITLE: Two-Step Approaches to Natural Language Formalisms
SERIES: Studies in Generative Grammar 64
PUBLISHER: Mouton de Gruyter
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-2599.html

EDITOR: Schaeken, Jos; Houtzagers, Peter; Kalsbeek, Janneke
TITLE: Dutch Contributions to the Thirteenth International Congress of
 Slavists, Ljubljana, August 15-21, 2003
SERIES: Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics 30
PUBLISHER: Rodopi
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-2618.html

AUTHOR: Sechenbaatar, Borjigin
TITLE: The Chakhar Dialect of Mongol
SUBTITLE: A morphological description
SERIES: M�moires de la Soci�t� Finno-Ougrienne 243
PUBLISHER: Finno-Ugrian Society
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-3376.html

EDITOR: Shay, Erin; Seibert, Uwe
TITLE: Motion, Direction and Location in Languages
SUBTITLE: In honor of Zygmunt Frajzyngier
SERIES: Typological Studies in Language 56
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-2640.html

EDITOR: Simon-Vandenbergen, Anne-Marie; Taverniers, Miriam; Ravelli,
 Louise
TITLE: Grammatical Metaphor
SUBTITLE: Views from systemic functional linguistics
SERIES: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 236
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-3489.html

EDITOR: Str�mqvist, Sven; Verhoeven, Ludo
TITLE: Relating Events in Narrative, Volume 2
SUBTITLE: Typological and contextual perspectives
PUBLISHER: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
YEAR: 2004
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-178.html

AUTHOR: Trinch, Shonna L.
TITLE: Latinas' Narratives of Domestic Abuse
SUBTITLE: Discrepant versions of violence
SERIES: IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society 17
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2003
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-3416.html

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AUTHOR: Aitchison, Jean
TITLE: A Glossary of Language and Mind
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
YEAR: 2003
ISBN: 0195220072
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-370.html

EDITOR: Bakker, Peter & Yaron Matras
TITLE: Bibliography of Modern Romani Linguistics
SUBTITLE: Including a guide to Romani linguistics
SERIES: Library and Information Sources in Linguistics 28
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 9027237549
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-319.html

AUTHOR: Baum, Eric
TITLE: What Is Thought?
SERIES: Bradford Books
PUBLISHER: MIT Press
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 0262025485
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-196.html

EDITOR: Bhatia, Tej & William Ritchie
TITLE: Handbook of Bilingualism
SERIES: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing
YEAR: 2003
ISBN: 0631227342
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-565.html

EDITOR: Blackledge, Adrian & Aneta Pavlenko
TITLE: Negotiation of Identitites in Multilingual Contexts
SERIES: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
PUBLISHER: Multilingual Matters
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1853596477
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-456.html

AUTHOR: Botha, Rudolf
TITLE: Unravelling the Evolution of Language
SERIES: Language and Communication Library
PUBLISHER: Elsevier Ltd.
YEAR: 2003
ISBN: 0080443184
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-3016.html

EDITOR: Brown, Keith & Vivien Law
TITLE: Linguistics in Britain
SUBTITLE: Personal Histories
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing
YEAR: 2002
ISBN: 0631234764
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-612html

AUTHOR: Chapelle, Carol A.
TITLE: English Language Learning and Technology
SUBTITLE: Lectures on applied linguistics in the age of information and
 communication technology
SERIES: Language Learning & Language Teaching 7
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 9027217033
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-321.html

AUTHOR: Cheng, Winnie
TITLE: Intercultural Conversation
SERIES: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 118
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114651
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-232.html

AUTHOR: Childs, Tucker G.
TITLE: An Introduction to African Languages
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 158811421X
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-313.html

EDITOR: Cornips, Leonie & Paula Fikkert
TITLE: Linguistics in the Netherlands 2003
SERIES: Linguistics in the Netherlands 20
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114627
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-123.html

EDITOR: Davies, Alan & Catherine Elder
TITLE: Handbook of Applied Linguistics
SERIES: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing
YEAR: 2003
ISBN: 0631228993
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-2544.html

AUTHOR: Fagin, Ronald, Joseph Halpern, Moshe Vardi & Yoram Moses
TITLE: Reasoning About Knowledge
PUBLISHER: MIT Press
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 0262562006
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-615.html

EDITOR: Foster-Cohen, Susan H. & Simona Pekarek Doehler
TITLE: EUROSLA Yearbook 2003
SERIES: EUROSLA Yearbook 3
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114384
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-187.html

EDITOR: Grant, Colin B.
TITLE: Rethinking Communicative Interaction
SUBTITLE: New interdisciplinary horizons
SERIES: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 116
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114511
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-314.html

EDITOR: Hahn, Martin & Bj�rn Ramberg
TITLE: Reflections and Replies
SUBTITLE: Essays on the Philosophy of Tyler Burge
SERIES: Bradford Books
PUBLISHER: MIT Press
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 0262083159
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-616.html

EDITOR: Hendrick, Randall
TITLE: Minimalist Syntax
SERIES: Generative Syntax
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing
YEAR: 2003
ISBN: 0631219404
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-614.html

EDITOR: Hiltunen, Risto & Janne Skaffari
TITLE: Discourse Perspectives on English
SUBTITLE: Medieval to modern
SERIES: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 119
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114708
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-315.html

AUTHOR: Holm, John
TITLE: Languages in Contact
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
YEAR: 2003
ISBN: 0521430518
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-527.html

EDITOR: Horn, Laurence & Gregory Ward
TITLE: Handbook of Pragmatics
SERIES: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing
YEAR: 2003
ISBN: 0631225471
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-2545.html

AUTHOR: H�llen, Werner
TITLE: A History of Roget's Thesaurus
SUBTITLE: Origins, Development, and Design
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 0199254729
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-365.html

AUTHOR: Janson, Tore
TITLE: Speak
SUBTITLE: A Short History of Languages
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
YEAR: 2003
ISBN: 0199263418
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-3061.html

AUTHOR: Jordan, Geoff
TITLE: Theory Construction in Second Language Acquisition
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114813
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-547.html

EDITOR: J�rgensen, Normann
TITLE: Bilingualism and Social Change
SUBTITLE: Turkish Speakers in North Western Europe
PUBLISHER: Multilingual Matters
YEAR: 2003
ISBN: 1853596507
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-3566.html

AUTHOR: K�rkk�inen, Elise
TITLE: Epistemic Stance in English Conversation
SUBTITLE: A description of its interactional functions, with a focus on
 'I think'
SERIES: Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 115
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114449
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-316.html

AUTHOR: Landman, Fred
TITLE: Indefinites and the Type of Sets
SERIES: Explorations in Semantics
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1405116307
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-567.html

AUTHOR: Linthout, Gisela
EDITOR: Herrlitz, Wolfgang, Gabriele Schmitz-Schwamborn, Mathi Vijgen,
 & Monika Veldenz-Dunne
TITLE: Handlungsorientierter Fremdsprachenunterricht
SUBTITLE: Ein Trainingsprogramm zur Kompetenzentwicklung f�r den Beruf
SERIES: Deutsch: Studien zum Sprachunterricht und zur Interkulturellen
 Didaktik 6
PUBLISHER: Rodopi
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 9042011289
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-230.html

EDITOR: Makoni, Sinfree & Ulrike H. Meinhof
TITLE: Africa and Applied Linguistics
SERIES: AILA Review, Volume 16
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588113892
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-122.html

EDITOR: Mansoor, Sabiha, Aliya Tahir & Shaheen Meraj
TITLE: Language Policy, Planning, & Practice
SUBTITLE: A South Asian Perspective
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 0195799658
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-368.html

AUTHOR: Marinis, Theodoros
TITLE: The Acquisition of the DP in Modern Greek
SERIES: Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 31
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114503
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-317.html

EDITOR: Mauranen, Anna & Pekka Kujam�ki
TITLE: Translation Universals
SUBTITLE: Do they exist?
SERIES: Benjamins Translation Library 48
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114686
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-548.html

AUTHOR: Mazrui, Alamin M.
TITLE: English in Africa
SUBTITLE: After the Cold War
SERIES: Multilingual Matters
PUBLISHER: Multilingual Matters
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1853596906
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-458.html

AUTHOR: Mous, Maarten
TITLE: The Making of a Mixed Language
SUBTITLE: The case of Ma'a/Mbugu
SERIES: Creole Language Library 26
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 9027252483
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-380.html

AUTHOR: Ota, Mitsuhiko
TITLE: The Development of Prosodic Structure in Early Words
SUBTITLE: Continuity, divergence and change
SERIES: Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 34
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114694
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-371.html

EDITOR: Parkinson, Dilworth B. & Samira Farwaneh
TITLE: Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XV
SUBTITLE: Papers from the Fifteenth Annual Symposium on Arabic
 Linguistics, Salt Lake City 2001
SERIES: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 247
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114872
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-372.html

EDITOR: Pica, Pierre
TITLE: Linguistic Variation Yearbook
SUBTITLE: Volume 2 (2002)
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588113981
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-373.html

AUTHOR: Postal, Paul
TITLE: Skeptical Linguistic Essays
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 0195166728
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-366.html

AUTHOR: Recanati, Fran�ois
TITLE: Literal Meaning
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
YEAR: 2003
ISBN: 0521792460
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/14/14-3319.html

AUTHOR: Richardson, John E.
TITLE: (Mis)Representing Islam
SUBTITLE: The racism and rhetoric of British broadsheet newspapers
SERIES: Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 9
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114732
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-549.html

EDITOR: Ruiz de Mendoza Ib��ez, Francisco Jos�
TITLE: Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics
SUBTITLE: Volume 1
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114279
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-561.html

AUTHOR: S�nchez, Liliana
TITLE: Quechua-Spanish Bilingualism
SUBTITLE: Interference and convergence in functional categories
SERIES: Language Acquisition and Language Disorders 35
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 1588114716
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-374.html

AUTHOR: Taylor, John
TITLE: Linguistic Categorization, 3rd edition
SERIES: Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
YEAR: 2004
ISBN: 0199266646
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-367.html

AUTHOR: Velupillai, Viveka
TITLE: Hawai'i Creole English
SUBTITLE: A Typological Analysis of the Tense-Mood-Aspect System
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan
YEAR: 2003
ISBN: 0333993403
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15-466.html