LINGUIST List 6.182

Thu 09 Feb 1995

Books: Phonology & Phonetics, Pragmatics, East Asian langs

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PHONOLOGY & PHONETICS
Leiden in Last: HIL Phonology Papers I (HIL Publications 1). Edited by Harry
van der Hulst & Jeroen van de Weijer. The Hague: Holland Academic Graphics.
Pb. ISBN 90-5569-008-2. 431pp. Jan 1995. Dfl 60 (incl. P&P, excl. 6% VAT).
E-mail: 72113.335Compuserve.com
A collection of sixteen articles presented at the first HIL phonology
conference held in Leiden in January 1993. Covers a wide variety of topics in
segmental and metrical phonology. With an introductory text, presenting the
most important theoretical developments in phonology of the last decade.
Contributors: Harry van der Hulst & Jeroen van de Weijer, Outi Bat-
El, Cynthia Brown, Mike Davenport, Daniel Dor, J|rgen Geilmann, Janet
Grijzenhout, Tracy Hall, Karijn Helsloot, Harry van der Hulst & Aone van
Engelenhoven, Ren/e Kager, Blanca Palmada, Glyne Piggott, Krisztina Polga/rdi,
Wendy Sandler, Elan Dresher & Harry van der Hulst.
New Publication: The Handbook of Phonological Theory, edited by John A.
Goldsmith
(University of Chicago). 1995. Published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford and
Cambridge MA.
32 chapters from 37 authors surveying the field of contemporary phonological
theory.
992 pages. Price is $79.95 (hardcover) in North America, and 70 pounds
sterling elsewhere.
Blackwell's email address for inspection copies is blkwellworld.std.com in
the US, and inspcopiescix.compulink.co.uk in the UK.
PRAGMATICS
Rudanko, Juhani. 1993. Pragmatic Approaches to Shakespeare. Essays
on Othello, Coriolanus and Timon of Athens. Lanham, New York
and London: The University Press of America.
The book explores and develops methods of linguistic pragmatics that
can, it is suggested, be applied to the study of dramatic dialogue in
three Shakespearean tragedies. As far as Othello is concerned, the
methods applied include topic analysis and case grammar analysis, the
latter applied to soliloquies; in the case of Coriolanus there is a
focus on speech act analysis, and as for Timon of Athens, it is
proposed that politeness theory sheds light on themes of the play. It
is argued that the practical application of methods of linguistic
pragmatics contributes to a better understanding of the three plays as
dramatic works of art and also leads to the further refinement of the
methods themselves as tools of analysis.
EAST ASIAN LANGS
Koizumi, M. and Ura, H. (eds.) FORMAL APPROACHES TO JAPANESE LINGUISTICS 1:
 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MAY 1994 MIT CONFERENCE MIT Working Papers in
 Linguistics #24 1994 411 pp. Syntax $15+p/h ($2 in US, else $3).
 Distributed by MITWPL, 20D-219 MIT, Cambridge MA 02139 (mitwplmit.edu)
Papers by T. Aikawa; H. Aoyagi; C. Brockett; S. Dubinsky; Y. Endo; Y. Kato;
R. Kawashima; A. Kikuchi, M. Oishi, & N. Yusa; N. Kimura; H. Kitahara;
M. Koizumi; A. Nakamura; M. Nakayama; M. Saito; H. Sakai; K.-W. Sohn;
N. Tsujimura; H. Ura; J. Venditti & H. Yamashita; S. Watanabe.