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Date: 02-Aug-2006
From: Laura Welcher <laura linguistlist.org>
Subject: AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW
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AUTHOR(S): Adolphs, Svenja TITLE: Introducing Electronic Text Analysis SUBTITLE: A practical guide for language and literary studies YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Routledge (Taylor and Francis) ISBN: 0415320224 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1800.html EDITOR(S): Bohn, Ocke-Schwen; Gjedde, Albert; Saleemi, Anjum P. TITLE: In Search of a Language for the Mind-Brain SUBTITLE: Can the Multiple Perspectives be Unified? PUBLISHER: Aarhus University Press YEAR: 2006 ISBN: 8779340059 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1344.html AUTHOR(S): Botha, Rudolf P. TITLE: Form and Meaning in Word Formation SUBTITLE: A Study of Afrikaans Reduplication SERIES: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521352606 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1764.html AUTHOR: Brassett, Cecilia; Brassett, Philip; Lu, Meiyan TITLE: The Tujia Language SERIES: Languages of the World/Materials 455 PUBLISHER: Lincom GmbH YEAR: 2006 ISBN: 3895869953 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-288.html AUTHOR(S): Duensing, Annette; Baumann, Uwe TITLE: Developing Writing Skills in German YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Routledge (Taylor and Francis) ISBN: 0415397464 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1799.html AUTHOR(S): Evans, Vyvyan; Green, Melanie TITLE: Cognitive Linguistics SUBTITLE: An Introduction YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates ISBN: 0805860134 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1741.html AUTHOR(S): Hadi-Tabassum, Samina TITLE: Language, Space and Power SUBTITLE: A Critical Look at Bilingual Education SERIES: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism PUBLISHER: Multilingual Matters YEAR: 2006 ISBN: 1853598798 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1231.html AUTHOR(S): Higgins, Ian; Loughridge, Michael; Sandor, Hervey TITLE: Thinking German Translation SUBTITLE: A course in translation method: German to English SERIES: Thinking Translation YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Routledge (Taylor and Francis) ISBN: 0415341469 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1815.html AUTHOR(S): Ibarretxe Antuñano, Iraide TITLE: Sound Symbolism and Motion in Basque SERIES: LINCOM Studies in Basque Linguistics 06 PUBLISHER: Lincom GmbH YEAR: 2006 ISBN: 389586318 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-299.html AUTHOR(S): Janicki, Karol TITLE: Language Misconceived SUBTITLE: Arguing for Applied Cognitive Sociolinguistics YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates ISBN: 0805856803 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1742.html AUTHOR(S): Jaszczolt, Katarzyna M. TITLE: Default Semantics : Foundations of a Compositional Theory of Acts of Communication YEAR: 2005 ISBN: 0199261989 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-638.html AUTHOR(S): Koester, Almut TITLE: Investigating Workplace Discourse YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Routledge (Taylor and Francis) ISBN: 0415364701 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1801.html AUTHOR(S): Lantolf, James P; Thorne, Steve TITLE: Sociocultural Theory and the Genesis of Second Language Development PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press YEAR: 2006 ISBN: 0194421813 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1710.html AUTHOR(S): Lightbown, Patsy M.; Spada, Nina TITLE: How Languages Are Learned SERIES: Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers S. PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press YEAR: 2006 ISBN: 0194422240 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1812.html AUTHOR(S): Losonsky, Michael TITLE: Linguistic Turns in Modern Philosophy SERIES: The Evolution of Modern Philosophy PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press YEAR: 2006 ISBN: 0521652561 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1813.html EDITOR(S): McKenna, Michael C.; Labbo, Linda D; Kieffer, Ronald D.; Reinking, David TITLE: International Handbook of Literacy and Technology SUBTITLE: Volume II YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates ISBN: 0805850872 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1740.html AUTHOR(S): Merlan, Francesca; Rumsey, Alan TITLE: Ku Waru SUBTITLE: Language and Segmentary Politics in the Western Nebilyer Valley, Papua New Guinea SERIES: Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, 10 YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521323398 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1763.html AUTHOR(S): Mulder, Jan W.F.; Rastall, Paul TITLE: Ontological Questions in Linguistics SERIES: LINCOM Studies in Theoretical Linguistics 35 PUBLISHER: Lincom GmbH YEAR: 2005 ISBN: 895864617 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-1395.html EDITOR(S): O'Neil, Catherine; Mary Scoggin, Kevin J. Tuite TITLE: Language, Culture and the Individual SUBTITLE: A Tribute to Paul Friedrich SERIES: Lincom Studies in Anthropology 03 YEAR: 2005 PUBLISHER: Lincom GmbH ISBN: 3895867195 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-2769.html AUTHOR: Oudeyer, Pierre-Yves TITLE: Self-Organization in the Evolution of Speech SERIES: Studies in the Evolution of Language ISBN: 019928914X (hardback), 0199289158 (paperback) ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1005.html AUTHOR(S): Pinter, Annamaria TITLE: Teaching Young Language Learners SERIES: Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press YEAR: 2006 ISBN: 0194422070 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1836.html AUTHOR: Rampton, Ben TITLE: Language in Late Modernity SUBTITLE: Interaction in an Urban School SERIES: Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, 22 PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press YEAR: 2006 ISBN: 0521812631 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-967.html AUTHOR(S): Rodriguez, Antonio Álvarez TITLE: Colocaciones en Lenguaje Periodístico SUBTITLE: La Predicación Compleja en Inglés Moderno SERIES: LINCOM Studies in English Linguistics 09 PUBLISHER: Lincom GmbH YEAR: 2005 ISBN: 389586983X ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-3298.html Editor: Rowicka, Grazyna J.; Carlin, Eithne B TITLE: What's in a verb? SUBTITLE: Studies in the verbal morphology of the languages of the Americas SERIES: LOT Occasional Series PUBLISHER: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke YEAR: 2006 ISBN: 9789076864945 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1151.html EDITOR(S): Rudnick, Lois; Smith, Judith; Rubin, Rachel Lee TITLE: American Identities YEAR: 2005 PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing ISBN: 0631234314 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1920.html AUTHOR: Schiffrin, Deborah TITLE: In Other Words: Variation in Reference and Narrative SERIES: Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics, 21 PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press YEAR: 2006 ISBN: 0521481597 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-966.html AUTHOR(S): Smith, Henry TITLE: Restrictiveness in Case Theory SERIES: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 78 YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521462878 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1765.html AUTHOR(S): Thesen, Lucia; van Pletzen, Ermien TITLE: Academic Literacy and the Languages of Change YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd ISBN: 0826487750 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1668.html AUTHOR(S): Upton, Clive; Widdowson, J.D.A. TITLE: An Atlas of English Dialects YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Routledge (Taylor and Francis) ISBN: 0415392322 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1798.html ************************************************************ THE FOLLOWING BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW FOR THE FIRST TIME: EDITOR(S): Aarts, Bas; Meyer, Charles F. TITLE: The Verb in Contemporary English YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521026547 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2089.html AUTHOR(S): Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. TITLE: Evidentiality YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199204330 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2209.html AUTHOR(S): Anderson, John M. TITLE: Modern Grammars of Case YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press ISBN: 019929707X ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2140.html AUTHOR(S): Batchelor, R. E.; Pountain, Christopher J. TITLE: Using Spanish SUBTITLE: A Guide to Contemporary Usage YEAR: 2005 PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0511126379 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1969.html AUTHOR(S): Bickford, Anita C.; Floyd, Rick TITLE: Articulatory Phonetics, 4th Edition SUBTITLE: Tools for Analyzing the World's Languages YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: SIL International ISBN: 1556711654 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2123.html AUTHOR(S): Caffarel, Alice TITLE: A Systemic Functional Grammar of French SUBTITLE: From Grammar to Discourse YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd ISBN: 082646632X ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2168.html AUTHOR(S): Cattell, Ray TITLE: An Introduction to Mind, Consciousness and Language YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd ISBN: 0826455158 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2137.html AUTHOR(S): Corbett, Greville G. TITLE: Agreement SERIES: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521807085 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1964.html EDITOR(S): De Fina, Anna; Schiffrin, Deborah; Bamberg, Michael TITLE: Discourse and Identity YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521834023 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2090.html AUTHOR(S): de Saussure, Ferdinand Translator(s): Sanders, Carol; Pires, Matthew TITLE: Writings in General Linguistics YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press ISBN: 019926144X ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2139.html AUTHOR(S): Dixon, R. M.W. TITLE: A Semantic Approach to English Grammar SERIES: Oxford Textbooks in Linguistics ISBN: 0199247404 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-934.html EDITOR(S): Dixon, R.M.W.; Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. 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TITLE: Phonological Analysis SUBTITLE: A Functional Approach (Third Edition) YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: SIL International ISBN: 1556711689 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2206.html AUTHOR(S): Eckardt, Regine TITLE: Meaning Change in Grammaticalization SUBTITLE: An Enquiry into Semantic Reanalysis YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199262608 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2155.html AUTHOR(S): Gibbons, Pauline TITLE: Bridging Discourses in the ELT Classroom SUBTITLE: Students, Teachers and Researchers YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd ISBN: 0826455360 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2208.html AUTHOR(S): Halliday, M. A. K. EDITOR(S): Webster, Jonathan J TITLE: Language of Science SERIES: Collected Works of M.A.K. Halliday YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd ISBN: 0826488277 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2169.html AUTHOR(S): Hanauer, David Ian TITLE: Scientific Discourse SUBTITLE: Multiliteracy in the Classroom YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd ISBN: 0826489591 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2170.html AUTHOR(S): Hansen, Jette G. TITLE: Acquiring a Non-Native Phonology SUBTITLE: Linguistic Constraints and Social Barriers YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd ISBN: 0826468624 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2158.html AUTHOR(S): Harmon, Mary R.; Wilson, Marilyn J. EDITOR(S): Nieto, Sonia TITLE: Beyond Grammar SUBTITLE: Language, Power, and the Classroom SERIES: Language, Culture, and Teaching Series YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates ISBN: 0805837159 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2109.html AUTHOR(S): Heine, Bernd; Kuteva, Tania TITLE: The Changing Languages of Europe YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199297339 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2159.html AUTHOR(S): Klemperer, Victor Translator(s): Brady, Dr Martin TITLE: Language of the Third Reich SUBTITLE: LTI: Lingua Tertii Imperii SERIES: Continuum Impacts YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd ISBN: 0826491308 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2171.html AUTHOR(S): Macaulay, Monica TITLE: Surviving Linguistics : A Guide for Graduate Students YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Cascadilla Press ISBN: 1574731289 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1905.html AUTHOR(S): Mallory, J. 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TITLE: Events and Semantic Architecture YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199244316 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2157.html AUTHOR(S): Po-ching, Yip; Rimmington, Don TITLE: Chinese: An Essential Grammar SERIES: Essential Grammars YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Routledge (Taylor and Francis) ISBN: 041538026X ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2107.html AUTHOR(S): Sims-Williams, Patrick TITLE: Ancient Celtic Placenames in Europe and Asia Minor SERIES: Publications of the Philological Society YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing ISBN: 1405145706 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1965.html EDITOR(S): Stainton, Robert J TITLE: Contemporary Debates in Cognitive Science SERIES: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing ISBN: 1405113049 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1930.html EDITOR(S): Van kemenade, Ans; Los, Bettelou TITLE: The Handbook of the History of English SERIES: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing ISBN: 063123344X ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1931.html AUTHOR(S): Wales, Katie TITLE: Northern English SUBTITLE: A Social and Cultural History YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521861071 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-2080.html EDITOR(S): Zanuttini, Raffaella; Hector Campos; Elena Herburger, Paul H Portner TITLE: Crosslinguistic Research in Syntax and Semantics : Negation, Tense, and Clausal Architecture SERIES: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics YEAR: 2006 PUBLISHER: Georgetown University Press ISBN: 1589010809 ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1711.html
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