LINGUIST List 6.126

Sun 29 Jan 1995

Books: Lang classification, Lang & culture, Computers & ling

Editor for this issue: <>

Additional information on the following books, as well as a short backlist of the publisher's titles, may be available from the Listserv. Instructions for retrieving publishers' backlists appear at the end of this issue.

Directory

  1. ,

Message 1:

Date:
From: <>
Subject: 
LANG CLASSIFICATION
Grimes, Joseph E. and Barbara F. Grimes; ETHNOLOGUE LANGUAGE FAMILY INDEX;
Pb. ISBN: 0-88312-708-3; vi, 116 pp.; $14.00. Summer Institute of
Linguistics.
 This companion volume to ETHNOLOGUE: LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD, TWELFTH
 EDITION lists language families of the world with sub-groups shown in
 a tree arrangement under the broadest classification of language
 family. The Language Family Index facilitates locating language names
 in the Ethnologue, making the data there more accessible.
 Internet:academic.bookssil.org Languages, Reference
LANG & CULTURE
Gregerson, Marilyn; RITUAL, BELIEF, AND KINSHIP IN SULAWESI; Pb.:
ISBN: 0-88312-621-4; ix, 194 pp.; $25.00. Summer Institute of Linguistics.
 Seven articles discuss five language groups in Sulawesi, Indonesia;
 the primary focus is on cultural matters, with some linguistic
 content. Topics include traditional religion and beliefs, certain
 ceremonies, and kinship.
 Internet: academic.bookssil.org Language and society, Indonesia
COMPUTERS & LING
Weber, David J., Stephen R. McConnel, Diana D. Weber, and Beth J. Bryson;
PRIMER: A TOOL FOR DEVELOPING EARLY READING MATERIALS; Pb.:
ISBN: 0-88313-678-8; xvi, 266 pp. + MS-DOS software; $26.00. Summer
Institute of Linguistics.
 The authors present a computer program and instructions for developing
 reading materials in languages with little or no background in
 literacy. The book is structured as a how-to manual with step by step
 procedures to establish an appropriate primer sequence and to organize
 words, phrases, and sentences that correlate with the sequence. It
 presupposes a thorough knowledge of linguistics.
 Internet: academic.bookssil.org Literacy, Computer
Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue
Simply send a message to: Listservtamvm1.tamu.edu (Internet) or Listservtamvm1 (Bitnet) The message should consist of the single line: get publishername lst linguist For example, to get more information on a book published by Mouton de Gruyter, send the message: get mouton lst linguist At the moment, the following lists are available: benjamin lst (John Benjamins) erlbaum lst (Lawrence Erlbaum) kluwer lst (Kluwer Academic Publishers) mouton lst (Mouton de Gruyter) sil lst (Summer Institute of Linguistics) ucp lst (University of Chicago Press) glsa lst (U. of Massachusetts Graduate Linguistics Association) osuwpl lst (Ohio State Working Papers in Linguistics) cornell lst (Cornell University Linguistics Dept.) USC lst (U. of S. California Dissertation List) CSLI lst (CSLI List)