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PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
McCauley, Robert N. (editor) (Emory University)
THE CHURCHLANDS AND THEIR CRITICS
March 1996 6 x 9 320 pages
0-631-18969-6 paperback $19.95 14.99 GBP
0-631-18968-8 hardcover $49.95 40.00 GBP
The influence of Patricia and Paul Churchland's work on contemporary
philosophy and cognitive science has been profound. The Churchlands have
challenged nearly all prevailing doctrines concerning knowledge, mind,
science, and language. This collection contains nine newly commissioned
essays by distinguished scholars from philosophy, psychology, and the
neurosciences along with the Churchlands' replies.
Recanati, Francois (Senior Researcher, Centre de Recherche en
Epistemologie Appliquee, Paris)
DIRECT REFERENCE: FROM LANGUAGE TO THOUGHT
1993 6 x 9 440 pages
0-631-18154-7 hardcover $52.95 45.00 GBP
This book sets out to defend and systematize the much discussed 'theory
of Direct Reference', according to which the contribution made by a
referential term, (for example, a proper name or a demonstrative) to the
proposition expressed by the sentence where it occurs is its reference.
To deal with the objections traditionally levelled against that theory,
it puts forward a general account of direct reference thoughts and
communication which blends insights from both the Fregean and the Russellian
traditions.
Wright, Crispin (University of St.Andrews)
REALISM, MEANING, AND TRUTH
1993 6 x 9 528 pages
0-631-17118-5 paperback $25.95 19.99 GBP
These essays center on the much-debated form of anti-realism which
contests whether truth may intelligibly transcend evidence. An extended
introduction describes the basics of the anti-realist's negative case,
highlighting the areas where further work is most needed, and locating
the issues about truth in the context of other forms of opposition
between realism and anti-realism.
Nolan, Rita (State University of New York at Stony Brook)
COGNITIVE PRACTICES: HUMAN LANGUAGE AND HUMAN KNOWLEDGE
1993 6 x 9 184 pages
0-631-18974-2 paperback $22.95 13.99 GBP
Incorporating research results in psychology and cutting a path through a
broad range of philosophical debates, this book develops a strikingly
original account of language acquisition which holds important
implications for standard theories of language and the philosophical
foundations of cognitive science.
Botha, Rudolf P. (University of Stellenbosch)
TWENTIETH-CENTURY CONCEPTIONS OF LANGUAGE: MASTERING THE METAPHYSICS MARKET
1992 6 x 9 368 pages
0-631-18198-9 hardcover $62.95 45.00 GBP
This book offers a two-track treatment of leading twentieth-century
conceptions of what language is.
Track One clinically reviews the respective conceptions portraying the
essence of language and language as material, behavioural, mental,
biological, social, abstract and autonomous. Each conception is closely
analyzed to lay bare the beliefs making up its content, the justification
offered for it, the conceptual origins it springs from, and also the
merits and flaws it has. The analyses focus on the relevant thought of a
wide variety of distinguished linguists, philosophers and psychologists,
including Bloomfield, Chomsky, Dummett, Fodor, Katz, Labov, Popper,
Quine, Sapir, Saussure, Skinner and Wittgenstein. Close consideration is
given throughout to how scholars have set about constructing and
critically appraising conceptions of language.
INTRODUCTORY
Wardhaugh, Ronald (University of Toronto)
INVESTIGATING LANGUAGE: CENTRAL PROBLEMS IN LINGUISTICS
1993 6 x 9 304 pages
0-631-18754-5 paperback $19.95 12.99 GBP
This book is intended for anyone with a serious interest in language, but
particularly for students taking introductory courses in language and
linguistics. It is not a catalogue of facts and theories but a book about
ideas and issues. Rather than summarize the range of research being
conducted in linguistics today, it explores a number of the fundamental
questions which concern linguists, setting out what the key issues are in
trying to find suitable answers. Although the issues are discussed within
the framework of modern linguistics, they are treated in a way that is as
accessible as possible. The book includes a glossary of technical terms
and a chapter outlining the way language is described in generative grammar.
Crystal, David (University College of North Wales)
AN ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY OF LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES
1992 6 x 9 428 pages
0-631-17652-7 hardcover $34.95 30.00 GBP
This encyclopedia covers all the topics, concepts and names--of
languages, of influential people and places--that the general reader
will encounter. Throughout, the book avoids technical jargon, and its
coverage of academic terms and subjects is kept to an essential minimum.
It is designed to be an easy-to-use, quick source of reference to all
facets of the subject.
MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
De Bruyne, Jacques and Pountain, Christopher (Rijksuniversiteit Gent and
University of Cambridge)
A COMPREHENSIVE SPANISH GRAMMAR
October 1995 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 624 pages
0-631-19087-2 paperback $29.95 16.99 GBP
0-631-16803-6 hardcover $64.95 50.00 GBP
This is a definitive grammar for all students of Spanish. The book covers
topics from basic pronounciation and the use of the noun, to particular
problem areas, such as difficulties with verbs and word order. Special
sections examine regional diversity within the language, and attention is
paid throughout to the inclusion of Latin-American Spanish.
Thorne, David (University of Wales, Lampeter)
A COMPREHENSIVE WELSH GRAMMAR
1993 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 512 pages
0-631-16408-1 paperback $25.95 14.99 GBP
0-631-16407-3 hardcover $64.95 55.00 GBP
This is the first new reference grammar of Welsh to appear in over forty
years. It provides a definitive guide to current usage and takes many of
its examples from comtemporary literary sources. Designed to be easy to
use, it features substantial sections on all parts of speech, as well as
extensive coverage of mutation, stress and accents, regional and
stylistic variation, word order, analysis of prepositional usage,
use of numerals, use of particles, and the relative construction.
Price, Glanville (University of Wales, Aberystwyth)
L.S.R. Byrne's and E.L. Churchill's
A COMPREHENSIVE FRENCH GRAMMAR: FOURTH EDITION
1993 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 600 pages
0-631-18165-2 paperback $22.95 12.99 GBP
0-631-18164-4 hardback $54.95 50.00 GBP
This book has been the standard textbook of French grammar since its
first publication in 1950, and is still unrivalled. This fourth edition
has been completely revised and rewritten by one of Britain's most
distinguished French-language scholars. Many sections that, in the
previous edition, had remained fairly close to the original have been
thoroughly revised and, in many cases, completely rewritten.
Wade, Terence (University of Strathclyde)
A COMPREHENSIVE RUSSIAN GRAMMAR
1992 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 500 pages
0-631-17502-4 paperback $25.95 16.99 GBP
A Comprehensive Russian Grammar is an essential reference tool for all
students of the Russian Language. It provides a definitive and complete
guide to current Russian usage, taking many of its examples from the
press and contemporary literary sources. Clear and easy to
use, it contains graphically-presented declension and conjugation tables
as well as detailed indexes and a table of contents for speed of
reference. It features substantial chapters on all parts of speech and
helpful sections on stress accents well as extensive coverage of problem
areas.
SYNTAX AND MORPHOLOGY
*Forthcoming*
Borsely, Robert D. (University College of North Wales, Bangor)
MODERN PHRASE STRUCTURE GRAMMAR
September 1996 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 352 pages
0-631-18407-4 paperback $21.95 15.99 GBP
0-631-18406-6 hardcover $49.95 40.00 GBP
This book provides an introduction to Generalized Phrase Structure
Grammar (GSPSG) and head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG), theories
which have formed one of the main currents in syntactic theory since 1980.
The book is aimed at advanced undergraduates and postgraduates. It
assumes no prior knowledge of these frameworks, but assumes some
familiarity with the basic concepts and central phenomena of syntax.
Each chapter includes notes, qualifying and elaborating on the discussion
in the text and suggesting further reading, and exercises, reinforcing
the points made in the text and in some cases raising further issues.
*Forthcoming*
Archangeli, Diana, and D. Terence Langendoen (editors) (University of
Arizona)
OPTIMALITY THEORY
December 1996 6 x 9 170 pages
0-631-20226-9 paperback $24.95 15.99 GBP
0-631-20225-0 hardcover $64.95 45.00 GBP
This volume provides the first general introduction to optimality
theory--arguably the linguistic theory of the 1990s. As a general model,
optimality theory has wide applications to a variety of areas in
cognitive science, and especially to those related to language:
acquisition, production, perception and deficits.
The book leads the reader to an understanding of optimality theory via
the exploration and resolution of specific problems in phonology,
morphology and syntax, but presumes virtually no background knowledge in
linguistics. Contributors include Diana Archangeli, Michael Hammond,
Douglas Pulleybank, Kevin Russell, and David Pesetsky.
Cook, Vivian and Mark Newson (University of Essex, Eutvos Loran University)
CHOMSKY'S UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR, Second Edition
1995 6 x 9 369 pages
0-631-19556-4 paperback $29.95 14.99 GBP
0-631-19796-6 hardcover $59.95 45.00 GBP
This book is intended as an introduction for those who want a
broad overview of the theory of Universal Grammar with sufficient detail
to see how its main concepts work. The new edition is based on the
current model of syntax that is most widely accepted, incorporating
Barriers syntax, functional categories, and Relativized Minimality, and
looks at their implications for language acquisition.
Webelhuth, Gert (editor); (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
GOVERNMENT AND BINDING THEORY AND THE MINIMALIST PROGRAM: PRINCIPLES AND
PARAMETERS IN SYNTACTIC THEORY
1995 6 x 9 400 pages
0-631-18061-3 paperback $25.95 17.99 GBP
0-631-18059-1 hardcover $73.95 55.00 GBP
This volume provides an authoritative overview of Government and Binding
Theory, and--in crucial new papers by Noam Chomsky and Alec Marantz--
of the subsequent development of the Minimalist Program.
Written by a group of internationally respected researchers, each chapter
is focused on an individual module of the theory. Articles describe the
current development of and state of work on a particular topic; its place
within the architecture of the GB approach to linguistic structure; and
the prospects and need for change within the module. The final chapter
consists of Chomsky's work "Bare Phrase Structure" which represents his
latest thinking on his revolutionary "Minimalist Program".
Haegeman, Liliane (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
INTRODUCTION TO GOVERNMENT AND BINDING THEORY
1994 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 728 pages
0-631-19067-8 paperback $28.95 16.99 GBP
This new edition has been extensively updated throughout. Major
structural changes include new chapters on Functional Heads and Head
Movement and on Relativized Minimality. Discussions of a number of topics
either absent from or only briefly addressed in the first edition have
been integrated or expanded, for example, the structure of small clauses,
chain formation, and reconstruction, multiple movement, wh -absorption,
full interpretation, and expletive replacement. The copious exercises
have been revised to increase potential for creativity and flexibility to
approach. New exercises highlight further controversial issues.
Wardhaugh, Ronald (University of Toronto)
UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH GRAMMAR: A LINGUISTIC APPROACH
January 1995 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 288 pages
0-631-19642-0 paperback $25.95 13.99 GBP
0-631-19641-2 hardcover $57.95 45.00 GBP
Understanding English Grammar presents the essentials of English
structure comprehensibly to students who have had little or no
opportunity to study the language, and does so within a framework derived
from modern linguistic theory. Students require no previous
knowledge of linguistics.. Through use of this book, they will gain an
understanding of what is involved in the scholarly study of language and
acquire a considerable knowledge of English grammar. This
book provides both a descriptive coverage of English grammar and an
introduction to major theoretical issues in the study of languages, the
latter mainly from the perspective of the work of Noam Chomsky. It is,
however, pedagogically rather than theoretically oriented.
Hornstein, Norbert (University of Maryland, College Park)
LOGICAL FORM: FROM GB TO MINIMALISM
1995 6 x 9 240 pages
0-631-18942-4 paperback $24.95 16.99 GBP
0-631-17912-7 hardcover $59.95 45.00 GBP
This book reviews critically grammatical research in logical form over
the past 20 years and reconsiders some of its major themes in the light of
recent theoretical innovations. The book focuses especially on Quantifier
Raising and a host of conditions that have been proposed a constrain
valid LF phrase markers. The second section considers what properties a
"minimalist" LF should have. This material is by its nature more
speculative.
Among the topics broached are anticedent contained deletion
constructions, weak crossover configurations and multiple interrogatives.
Kasher, Asa, editor (Tel Aviv University)
THE CHOMSKYAN TURN
1992 6 x 9 420 pages
0-631-18734-0 paperback $22.95 16.99 GBP
Noam Chomsky's work has had a decisive influence on the development of
linguistics and more broadly on the study of mind and language. This
book, which contains two new papers by Chomsky, assesses that 'Chomskyan
Turn' in linguistics and the cognitive sciences.
The articles by Chomsky, 'Linguistics and Adjacent Fields' and
'Linguistics and Cognitive Science', are particularly valuable both in
reviewing the current state of the generative enterprise and in
presenting his new 'functional' approach to principles of Universal Grammar.
Thomas, Linda (Roehampton Institute)
BEGINNING SYNTAX
1993 6 x 9 224 pages
0-631-18826-6 paperback $17.95 10.99 GBP
This is an elementary introduction to syntactic analysis. Assuming no
prior knowledge of the subject whatsoever, it is intended for students
who are encountering such analysis for the first time. For those
embarking on a longer term study of syntax, this will be a valuable and
quickly assimilated foundation course. For students who will need to use
syntax as a basic descriptive tool--such as trainee teachers, speech
therapists or students of literary style--the book provides a framework
for their analysis and practice in its use.
SEMANTICS, PRAGMATICS AND DISCOURSE
*Forthcoming*
Saeed, John (University of Dublin)
SEMANTICS
November 1996 6 x 9 352 pages
0-631-20035-5 paperback $21.95 14.99 GBP
0-631-20034-7 hardcover $54.95 50.00 GBP
This general introduction to semantics discusses some of the central
areas of investigation in the field and enables the reader to proceed
into the more specialized and technical literature.
The book contains three parts. Part one is concerned with the place of
semantics within linguistics and its relationship to other disciplines,
like philosophy and psychology. Part two introduces central topics in
the description of word and sentence meaning. Part three reviews three
important current theoretical approaches to semantics. Each chapter
contains exercises to familiarize the reader with the practice of
semantic description.
*Forthcoming*
Sperber, Dan (CNRS, Paris)
EXPLAINING CULTURE: A Naturalistic Approach
September 1996 6 x 9 192 pages
0-631-20045-2 paperback $19.95 13.99 GBP
0-631-20044-4 hardcover $45.00 35.00 GBP
This book provides new ways of bridging the social and cognitive
sciences. Suppose, the author suggests, we cast a net that will let
through anything but mental things, and environmental things that have
mental things both among their causes and their effects. Will we still
catch all the subject matter of the social sciences? Sperber argues that
we will, and that explanations of social-cultural phenomena in this
reconceptualized domain will take the form of an epidemiology of
representations, grounded in evolutionary thinking, and in psychology.
Sacks, Harvey, (Edited by Emanuel Schegloff)
LECTURES ON CONVERSATION
1995 6 x 9 1520 pages
1-55786-705-4 paperback $59.95 30.00 GBP
Originally published as two volumes, this comprehensive single-volume
edition contains the complete lectures, a writer whose thought and
method influenced a generation of sociologists and sociolinguists.
Beginning with the lectures delivered at UCLA, from Fall 1964 through
Spring 1968, Sacks explores a great variety of topics, but two key issues
emerge: rules of conversational sequencing, and membership categorization
devices. The lectures culminate in the extensive and formal explication
of turn-taking delivered in Fall 1967.
The second half contains the lectures delivered at UC Irvine from Fall
1968 through Spring 1972. Again, Sacks touches on a wide range of
subjects, such as the poetics of ordinary talk, the integrative function
of public tragedy, and pauses in the spelling out of a word. The central
theme is storytelling in conversation, with an attendant focus on topic.
Sperber, Dan and Wilson, Deirdre
RELEVANCE: COMMUNICATION AND COGNITION
Second Edition
1995 6 x 9 320 pages
0-631-19878-4 paperback $19.95 15.99 GBP
First published in 1986, this book was named as one of the most important
and influential books of the decade in the Times Higher Education
Supplement, and described in the London Review of Books as offering
"nothing less than the makings of a radically new theory of
communication, the first since Aristotle's."
This second edition contains the original text, corrected and with new
explanatory notes, and a Postface outlining developments in Relevance
Theory since the first edition, discussing the more serious criticisms of
the theory, and envisaging possible revisions or extensions.
Scollon, Ronald and Scollon, Suzanne Wong (City Polytechnic of Hong Kong)
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
1994 6 x 9 301 pages
0-631-19489-4 paperback $23.95 14.99 GBP
This volume is both an introduction and practical guide to the main
concepts and problems of intercultural communication. Viewed from within
the framework of interactive sociolinguistics associated with Tannen,
Gumperz, and others, this volume focuses in particular on the discourse
of westerners and of Asians, the discourse of men and women, corporate
discourse and the discourse of professional organizations, and
inter-generational discourse. While making use of research in pragmatics,
discourse analysis, organizational communications, social psychology, and
the ethnography of communication, this book presents students,
researchers and practitioners with a comprehensive and unified framework
for the analysis of discourse.
Blakemore, Diane (Southampton University)
UNDERSTANDING UTTERANCES: AN INTRODUCTION TO PRAGMATICS
1992 208 pages
0-631-15867-7 paperback $22.95 13.99 GBP
0-631-15866-9 hardcover $57.95 35.00 GBP
This textbook introduces pragmatics from the point of
view of Sperber and Wilson's Relevance Theory. The first part lays down
the foundations of a relevance theoretic approach to utterance
understanding, which is then applied to the analysis of a range of
phenomena which are central to pragmatics--for example implicature,
speech acts, the coherence of discourse; to the analysis of phenomena
which have raised problems for the relationship between semantics and
pragmatics--such as reference, presupposition, non-truth-conditional
meaning; and to the analysis of phonemena traditionally discussed in
literary theory, including metaphor, irony and other stylistic effects.
Mey, Jacob (Odense University, Denmark)
PRAGMATICS: AN INTRODUCTION
1993 6 x 9 360 pages
0-631-18691-3 paperback $21.95 13.99 GBP
This is a succinct introduction to the burgeoning field of pragmatics,
the study of language from the point of view of its users, of the choices
they make, the constraints they encounter in using language in social
interaction, and the effects their use of language has on other
participants in an act of communication.
Pragmatics reviews the work of Austin, Grice, Searle, Sacks and others
and examines implicit meaning of the regularities and irregularities of
everyday conversation; and the social importance and the societal
determination of even the least consciously proferred 'act of language'.
It introduces the reader to the complexities of language use, and its
cognitive and social effects.
Schiffrin, Deborah (Georgetown University, USA)
APPROACHES TO DISCOURSE: LANGUAGE AS SOCIAL INTERACTION
1993 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 480 pages
0-631-16623-8 paperback $25.95 14.99 GBP
This book is a guide to the various frameworks, concepts, and methods
available for the analysis of discourse within linguistics. It compares
six dominant approaches to discourse analysis: speech act theory,
pragmatics, ethnomethodology, interactional sociolinguistics, ethnography
of communication, and variation theory. The author illustrates several
standpoints through extensive applications to a variety of concrete
social and linguistic problems facing discourse analysts.
Fairclough, Norman (Centre For Language In Social Life, Lancaster University)
DISCOURSE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
1993 6 x 9 260 pages
0-7456-1218-0 paperback $22.95 12.95 GBP
Now available in paperback, this book is a critical introduction to
discourse analysis as it is practiced in a variety of different
disciplines today, from linguistics and sociolinguistics to sociology and
cultural studies. The author shows how concern with the analysis of
discourse can be combined with an interest in broader problems of social
analysis and social change.
Shuy, Roger (Georgetown University)
LANGUAGE CRIMES: THE USE AND ABUSE OF LANGUAGE EVIDENCE IN THE COURT ROOM
1992 6 x 9 232 pages
0-631-20153-X paperback $19.95 14.99 GBP
0-631-18618-2 hardcover $34.95 35.00 GBP
Language Crimes tells the story of some of the remarkable cases in which
Roger Shuy, as a linguist, has served as an expert witness. They include
the trial of automobile executive John DeLorean and the U.S. Senate
hearing concerning disciplinary action to be taken against Senator
Harrison A. Williams in the wake of the FBI's Abscam operation, as well
as the cases of lesser known, average Americans. These are intriguing
stories which show the power of the study of language to assist the
courts to achieve justice.
PHONOLOGY AND PHONETICS
*Forthcoming*
Johnson, Keith (Ohio State University)
ACOUSTIC AND AUDITORY PHONETICS
October 1996 6 x 9 256 pages
0-631-20095-9 paperback $24.95 14.99 GBP
0-631-20094-0 hardcover $54.95 40.00 GBP
This volume provides an introduction to phonetics and speech science
courses. The first chapters introduce basic acoustics, audition, digital
signal processing, and the source filter theory of speech production,
while the later chapters survey the major classes of speech sounds
describing in detail their acoustic and auditory propertiers.
Students in linguistic phonetics and speech science will find this a
gentle yet rigorous introduction to some of the more technical aspects of
computer speech analysis which are assumed in modern instrumental studies
of speech, distinctive feature theory, and the acoustic characterization
of speech pathology.
Spencer, Andrew (University of Essex)
PHONOLOGY: THEORY AND DESCRIPTION
1995 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 352 pages
0-631-19232-8 paperback $24.95 12.99 GBP
0-631-19232-6 hardcover $54.95 50.00 GBP
Aimed principally at the undergraduate student, this new textbook
provides a compact presentation of the fundamental concepts of
phonological analysis, and at the same time shows how the phonological
system of English can be illuminated by such concepts. It bridges the gap
between purely theoretical accounts and purely descriptive accounts of
English.
The topics covered include syllable structure, distinctive features,
phonological processes and domains, stress and rhythm, and lexical
(morphophonemic) alternations. Each chapter is based largely on English,
or is followed by a chapter on the relevant aspects of English phonology.
No previous knowledge of contemporary phonological theory or the
structure of English is assumed beyond that found in a typical first year
course. Each chapter is provided with exercises.
Harris, John (University College, London)
ENGLISH SOUND STRUCTURE
1994 6 x 9 336 pages
0-631-18741-3 paperback $31.95 17.99 GBP
0-631-18261-6 hardcover $66.95 55.00 GBP
The book draws on material from a wide range of dialects. This
orientation derives from the view that phonological differences between
grammars, no less than syntactic differences, are constrained by
universal principles and occur within fixed bounds defined by a small
number of parameters. Against this background, this book analyzes a wide
range of variables in English which offer revealing insights into the
limits of phonological variation. The reader is introduced to recent
innovations in non-linear theory, particularly those concerning the
internal composition of segments and their organization in constituent
structure. Phenomena discussed include vowel length, syllabic structure,
stress, consonantal weakening and vowel reduction and syncope.
Clark, John and Yallop, Colin (University of Western Sydney, Australia
and Macquarie University, Australia)
INTRODUCTION TO PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY: SECOND EDITION
1995 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 448 pages
0-631-19452-5 paperback $28.95 15.99 GBP
Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, this book offers a thorough
introduction to phonetics and phonology. It includes detailed attention
to articulatory and acoustic phonetics as well as to the foundations of
phonological analysis. The second edition incorporates several
improvements: a completely new chapter on speech perception has been
added, the material on anatomy and physiology has been rearranged and
much of the detail placed later in the book to make it less demanding on
readers, and the entire text has been edited to bring it up to date.
Vihman, Marilyn May (Southeastern Louisiana University)
PHONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT: THE ORIGINS OF LANGUAGE IN THE CHILD
1995 6 x 9 272 pages
0-631-16354-9 paperback $24.95 16.99 GBP
0-631-16353-0 hardcover $59.95 45.00 GBP
This is the first book length survey of and introduction to the study of
the child's acquisition of phonology.
It contrasts data-based interactionist, cognitive models of phonological
development with earlier deductive behaviourist and structuralist
accounts. Setting these models in current neurophysiological
perspectives, it integrates the flourishing independent research areas of
infant speech perception and vocal production. The book traces the nature
and timing of prosodic and segmental development with due attention to
evidence of individual differences and from cross-linguistic studies. It
describes the emergence of first words and the first phonological system
against the background of the child's social and cognitive development in
the first eighteen months.
Tsujimura, Natsuko
AN INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE LINGUISTICS
January 1996 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 400 pages
0-631-19856-3 paperback $34.95
0-631-19855-5 hardcover $64.95
This is the first textbook on the structure of Japanese written in the
framework of generative linguistics. It serves both as an introduction to
Japanese linguistics for those who have no prior knowledge of
linguistics, and as a reference book on Japanese for linguists in general.
The book gives a comprehensive account of Japanese linguistics covering
phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, language change,
dialect variation and gender differences. The author introduces
linguistic notions and terminology and discusses theoretical analyzes for
linguistic phenomena in the language. A major focus is on phonology and
syntax, where the formal approach of generative grammar is adopted.
Ladefoged, Peter and Maddieson, Ian (University of California, Los Angeles)
THE SOUNDS OF THE WORLD'S LANGUAGES
1995 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 400 pages
0-631-19815-6 paperback $29.95 19.99 GBP
0-631-19814-8 hardcover $69.95 50.00 GBP
This book gives a description of all the known ways in which the sounds
of the world's languages differ. In doing so, it provides the empirical
foundations for linguistic phonetics and phonology. The scope of the book
is global, with data drawn from nearly 400 languages, many of them
investigated at first hand by the authors. A picture of the full range of
possible contrasting phonetic categories is created by comparing families
of similar sounds across many different languages.
Separate chapters deal with place of articulation, stops, nasals,
fricatives, laterals, rhotics, clicks, vowels, and segments with multiple
articulations. Each chapter contains illustrations documenting the
articulatory and acoustic characteristics of the sounds discussed, and
serving to illustrate the application of modern experimental techniques
to descriptive phonetic studies.
Kenstowicz, Michael (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
PHONOLOGY IN GENERATIVE GRAMMAR
1993 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 608 pages
1-55786-426-8 paperback $27.95 17.99 GBP
1-55786-425-X hardcover $66.95 60.00 GBP
This is the most comprehensive and current introduction to phonological
theory and analysis. Presupposing only minimal background in linguistics,
the book introduces the basic concepts and principles of phonological
analysis and then systematically develops the major innovations in the
generative model since Chomsky and Halle's Sound Patterns of English
(1968), with emphasis on the past ten years.
LANGUAGE AND GENDER
*Forthcoming*
Coates, Jennifer (Roehampton Institute, London)
WOMEN TALK: Conversation Between Women Friends
August 1996 6 x 9 256 pages
0-631-18253-5 paperback $19.95 12.99 GBP
0-631-18252-7 hardcover $45.00 40.00 GBP
This book challenges the age-old myth that women's talk is trivial and
unimportant. Drawing on a corpus of spontaneous conversation between
friends, Coates demonstrates the richness and complexity of the language
used in such talk, focusing on women's use of hedges, questions and
repetition. She shows how women use story-telling as a focus for
discussing and re-evaluating social norms, and for the construction and
maintenance of personal identity.
*Forthcoming*
Johnson, Sally and Ulrike Meinhoff, editors (University of Lancaster)
LANGUAGE AND MASCULINITY
November 1996 6 x 9 300 pages
0-631-19768-0 paperback $21.95 13.99 GBP
0-631-19767-2 hardcover $49.95 40.00 GBP
Work within the field of language and gender has concentrated almost
exclusively on women. Yet, despite more than two decades of research,
what have we really learned about language with specific reference to men
and masculinity? Is it realistic to assume that men's use of language
simply constitutes the mirror image of what have been considered typically
female patterns of interaction?
This benchmark volume provides the first comprehensive investigations
into these and other key issues relating to the language characteristics
of men. It is an excellent basis for courses on language, gender and
discourse analysis.
HISTORY OF LANGUAGE
Burrow, J.A. and Thorlac Turville-Petre (University of Bristol,
University of Nottingham)
A BOOK OF MIDDLE ENGLISH, Second Edition
January 1996 6 x 9 384 pages
0-631-19353-7 paperback $22.95 13.99 GBP
0-631-19352-9 hardcover $59.95 45.00 GBP
In the short time since its first publication, this book has already gone
a long way towards establishing itself as the standard text in the
field. This new and revised edition takes account of suggestions and
comments from reviewers and from those who have used the book all over
the world.
Eco, Umberto (University of Bologna)
Translated by James Fentress
THE SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT LANGUAGE
1995 6 x 9 400 pages
0-631-17465-6 hardcover $24.95 19.99 GBP
The idea that there once existed a language which perfectly and
unambiguously expressed the essence of all possible things and concepts
has occupied the minds of philosophers, theologians, mystics and others
for at least two millennia. This is an investigation into the history of
that idea of and of its profound influence on European though, culture
and history. The story Eco tells ranges widely, from the writings of
Augustine, Dante, Descartes and Rousseau, arcane treaties on cabbalism
and magic, to the history of the study of language and its origins.
Clackson, James (Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK)
THE LINGUISTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ARMENIAN AND GREEK
1995 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 276 pages
0-631-19197-6 paperback $31.95 19.95 GBP
This work examines the evidence for a special relationship between Greek
and Armenian within the Indo-European family. It contains studies of the
methods used to assess interrelationships within language families; the
comparative reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European; the interpretation of
Greek and Armenian texts; and the developments of the Greek and Armenian
languages.
Hughes, Geoffrey (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)
SWEARING: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF FOUL LANGUAGE, OATHS AND PROFANITY IN ENGLISH
1991 6 x 9 296 pages
0-631-18735-9 paperback $16.95 14.99 GBP
0-631-16593-2 hardcover $34.95 50.00 GBP
>From the earliest times swearing has existed in many variegated forms,
from the deadliest curse to the most trivial expletives of annoyance.
Hedged about with all manner of complex pressures, personal, societal,
religious, sexual and other forms of taboo, it remains a phenomenon only
imperfectly understood. Geoffrey Hughes traces these two contrasting
strands through our linguistic history.
Hogg, Richard M. (University of Manchester)
A GRAMMAR OF OLD ENGLISH: VOLUME 1: PHONOLOGY
1992 6 x 9 352 pages
0-631-13672-X hardcover $83.95 55.00 GBP
This is the first reference grammar of Old English to be published for
more than a quarter of a century. The first of a two-part contribution to
Old English phonology and morphology, it is designed to take account of
major recent developments both in the field of Old English studies and in
linguistic theory.
Volume II: Morphology (0-631-13671-1) in preparation.
Mitchell, Bruce (St. Edmund Hall, Oxford)
AN INVITATION TO OLD ENGLISH AND ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
1994 6 x 9 448 pages
0-631-17436-2 paperback $24.95 12.99 GBP
0-631-17435-4 hardcover $57.95 45.00 GBP
This book is an introduction to Old English language and literature set
within the context of Anglo-Saxon history and society--so arranged that
the one constantly illuminates the other. It provides the reader with an
understanding of, and in particular the ability to read, Old English.
LANGUAGE TEACHING
Brumfit, Christopher (editor), (University of Southampton)
LANGUAGE EDUCATION IN THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM
1995 6 x 9 256 pages
0-631-18901-7 paperback $22.95 12.99 GBP
0-631-18899-1 hardcover $55.95 40.00 GBP
This book is an introduction to all aspects of language work in the
National Curriculum. Written in the wake of seemingly permanent
revolution in educational policy, it is the first to offer a considered
analysis of change, a critique of policy, and a guide to good practice
for teachers. The book explores the roles in school of English (both
Language and Literature), Foreign Language Teaching, and of associated
activities like Drama and Media Education. It pays specific attention to
the acquisition of literacy, to knowledge about language, and to
bilingual education.The text will provide a comprehensive introduction for
teachers in training and a source of update for those already in the
profession.
Johnson, Keith (Lancaster University)
LANGUAGE TEACHING AND SKILL LEARNING
December 1995 6 x 9 224 pages
0-631-16877-X paperback $19.95 12.99 GBP
0-631-16876-1 hardcover $49.95 40.00 GBP
This text argues controversially that second language acquisition has
much in common with other forms of skill learning; and that there is much
to be learned about the business of language teaching by considering the
views and practices of teachers in other domains. The study of second
language learning and teaching may thus draw on knowledge about first
language acquisition, but not on what is known about the learning of
non-linguistic skills. This book argues against such an approach. It
begins by considering arguments for and against the uniqueness of
language. It reviews the recent SLA literature, looking both at general
learning theories and opposing theories (mostly based on the study of
universal grammar). The book then turns to language teaching, and in a
programmatic way considers what insights may be gained by viewing
language within a general skill framework.
Weir, Cyril and Roberts, Jon (University of Reading. UK)
EVALUATION IN ELT
1994 6 x 9 352 pages
0-631-16572-X paperback $20.95 14.99 GBP
0-631-16571-1 hardcover $52.95 45.00 GBP
This book equips readers to deal with the types of evaluation they may be
involved in during their professional lives, as agents of insider or
outsider evaluations or as subjects of evaluation. It provides a
framework of the field, a series of case studies illustrating types of
evaluation; guidance on essential evaluation procedures and a
comprehensive bibliography. Based on the practical experience of the
authors as insider and outsider evaluators of institutions, teacher
education programs, language courses, short training courses and ELT
projects, it will be of value as a guide for practitioners and as a
coursebook for students of the field.
Swann, Joan (School of Education, Open University)
GIRLS, BOYS AND LANGUAGE
1992 6 x 9 272 pages
0-631-16469-3 paperback $22.95 11.99 GBP
This book provides a brief overview of gender and language--focusing on
research that is particularly relevant to education. It looks at gender
differences in classroom interaction; and at images of girls and boys as
readers and writers, and it discusses some of the many strategies
teachers have adopted to provide equality of opportunity for girls and
boys. Throughout the book the emphasis is on providing information that
is of practical value to teachers.
McDonough, Jo and Shaw, Christopher (University of Essex)
MATERIALS AND METHODS IN ELT
1993 6 x 9 336 pages
0-631-18003-6 paperback $19.95 13.99 GBP
0-631-18002-8 hardcover $52.95 45.00 GBP
This is a comprehensive and practical introduction to central themes in
the principle and practice of English Language Teaching. It is written
both for teachers and for those taking professional courses in ELT.
Littlewood, William (Hongkong Bankfellow, Hong Kong)
TEACHING ORAL COMMUNICATION: A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
1992 6 x 9 136 pages
0-631-15456-6 paperback $14.95 10.99 GBP
The aim of this book is to bridge the gap between the theory and practice
of teaching language for communication. It is written primarily for
teachers who wish to adopt a communicative approach and would like to
reflect on the principles that underlie it.
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
*Forthcoming*
Coulmas, Florian (ed.) (Chuo University, Tokyo)
THE HANDBOOK OF SOCIOLINGUISTICS
October 1996 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 608 pages
0-631-19339-1 hardcover $79.95 70.00 GBP
In 28 newly-commissioned chapters, distinguished contributors provide an
up-to-date overview of sociolinguistics. This invaluable work of
reference identifies the most important issues of sociolinguistics, makes
primary sources more accessible, and provides orientation for future
research. The Handbook is equipped with a comprehensive bibliography
which can be used as a research tool on its own.
Stubbs, Michael (University of Trier)
TEXT AND CORPUS ANALYSIS
Computer Assisted Studies of Language and Institutions
April 1996 6 x 9 272 pages
0-631-19512-2 paperback $24.95 14.99 GBP
0-631-19511-4 hardcover $59.95 45.00 GBP
This book provides a detailed study of one of the fastest growing areas of
linguistics, corpus analysis, and shows how computers can be used to
reveal culturally significant patterns of language use. It contain
authentic examples from millions of words of corpus data and from many
types of naturally occurring texts.
Lexical collocations, modality, transitivity, causativity and agency are
analyzed to provide many clear examples of how such patterns convey
attitudes, presuppositions and points of view.
*Forthcoming*
Foley, William (University of Sydney)
ANTHROPOLOGICAL LINGUISTICS
November 1996 6 x 9 400 pages
0-631-15122-2 paperback $24.95 15.99 GBP
0-631-15121-4 hardcover $59.95 45.00 GBP
This textbook is intended for courses in language and culture for advanced
undergraduate and postgraduate students. It starts from a theoretical
viewpoint of both language and culture as conventionalized forms of
situated practice and uses this as a unifying framework to cover the full
range of topics normally treated under the rubric of language and culture.
An important orienting strand in the book is the tension between innatist
or universalist versus relativist approaches to anthropological linguistic
culture.
*RECIPIENT OF 1996 LEONARD BLOOMFIELD AWARD*
Labov, William (University of Pennsylvania)
PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTIC CHANGE: VOLUME 1: INTERNAL FACTORS
1994 6 x 9 672 pages
0-631-17914-3 paperback $29.95 19.99 GBP
0-631-17913-5 hardcover $73.95 60.00 GBP
This book develops the general principles of linguistic change that form
the foundations of historical linguistics, dialectology and
sociolinguistics. It is concerned with the factors that govern the
internal development of linguistic structures: the mechanisms of change,
the constraints on change, and the ways in which change is embedded in
the larger linguistic system.
Chambers, J.K. (University of Toronto)
SOCIOLINGUISTIC THEORY: LINGUISTIC VARIATION AND ITS SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE
1995 6 x 9 256 pages
0-631-18326-4 paperback $20.95 14.99 GBP
0-631-18325-6 hardcover $55.95 45.00 GBP
Sociolinguistic Theory, opening with a discussion of the linguistic
variable and its historical methodological and theoretical significance, is
organized in three central chapters around the crucial social variables of
social stratification, sex and age. Chambers reviews the essential findings of
Henrietta Cedegren, William Labov, Lesley Milroy and James Milroy, David
Sankoff, Gillian Sankoff, Peter Trudgill, Walt Wolfram, and many others,
and puts them into context both with the work of the numerous linguists who
have followed their lead and with their intellectual forbears from Wilhelm von
Humboldt and Louis Gauchat to Edward Sapir.
Trudgill, Peter (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
THE DIALECTS OF ENGLAND
1992 6 x 9 176 pages
0-631-18518-6 paperback $19.95 12.99 GBP
The Dialects of England celebrates the rich variety of the regional and
social dialects of English in all its forms, ancient and modern. It
covers Zummerzet and Scouse, Cockney and Cumberland, Brummie and
Berkshire, Nottingham and Norfolk. Written in non-technical language,
this book outlines their history and their geography. It describes and
delights in the diversity of vocabulary, accent, grammar and literature
to be found among the dialects of England.
Wardhaugh, Ronald (University of Toronto, Canada)
AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS, 2e
1992 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 408 pages
0-631-18353-1 paperback $25.95 14.99 GBP
The second edition of this immensely successful textbook has been
thoroughly revised to include discussion of developments in
sociolinguistics since the mid 1980's referring in the process to some
100 recent books and papers. Ronald Wardhaugh examines in full: dialect,
language variation, pidgin and creole languages, language change,
ethnography, language and gender, and social codes. He gives a valuable
analysis of statistical methodology and a comprehensive introduction to
the central topics of sociolinguistics, written in a clear and
informative style.
Coulmas, Florian (Chuo University, Tokyo)
LANGUAGE AND ECONOMY
1992 6 x 9 392 pages
0-631-18524-0 hardcover $52.95 45.00 GBP
This is the first full exploration on the economic significance of
language and of the influence of economic forces on linguistic
development. Drawing on studies of a wide range of sociolinguistic
settings, Florian Coulmas discusses the many ways in which language and
economy interact.
Language, she shows, is the medium of business, an asset in itself and
sometimes a barrier to trade. So powerful is their relation that we
cannot explain changes in the linguistic map of the world without
understanding its economic development.
TYPOLOGY AND UNIVERSALS
Myhill, John (University of Michigan)
TYPOLOGICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
1992 6 x 9 304 pages
0-631-17614-4 hardcover $57.95 45.00 GBP
This book gives the first account of a field of fast increasing
importance in both theoretical and descriptive linguistics. The aim of
Typological Discourse Analysis is to establish a universally valid
framework for the objective description of linguistic function and so
make it possible to compare directly the functions of constructions in
different languages.
COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
*Forthcoming*
Van De Koot, Hans (University College, London)
COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
A Principle Based Approach
December 1996 6 x 9 352 pages
0-631-19432-0 paperback $24.95 16.99 GBP
0-631-19431-2 hardcover $54.95 45.00 GBP
This introduction to principle-based parsing focuses primarily on
computational work in transformational grammar. Assuming no prior
knowledge of parsing or programming, it explores a range of key questions
in accessible language. The organizing principle of the book is to
approach the theory of parsing first and foremost from the perspective of
its relation with other theories of language use and in particular the
theory of grammar.
Butler, Christopher S. (Editor) (College of Ripon and York St. John, UK)
COMPUTERS AND WRITTEN TEXTS
1992 6 x 9 304 pages
0-631-16382-4 paperback $22.95 14.99 GBP
Assuming no prior familiarity with the field, this book provides an
introductory survey of the computational study of written texts. It
brings together two aspects of computational linguistics normally
considered quite separate but which are beginning to develop important
links: AI based work in natural language processing and traditional
studies based on indexing and concordance techniques.
Each chapter is supported by a guide to further reading, and the book
includes an extensive bibliography of the field.
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Aitchison, Jean (University of Oxford)
WORDS IN THE MIND: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MENTAL LEXICON
1994 6 x 9 304 pages
0-631-18921-1 paperback $22.95 14.99 GBP
This book deals with words, and how humans learn them, remember them,
understand them, and select them. It discusses the structure and content
of the human word-store or 'mental lexicon' with particular reference to
the spoken language of native English speakers.
The new edition contains substantial additions and revisions, reflecting
new developments arising from the tremendous growth of research into the
mental lexicon. There are two new chapters, and others have been
considerably expanded. No chapter remains unaltered, and over 300 new
references have been added as notes and suggestions for further reading.
The book remains accessible in style, easy to read for both
undergraduates and general readers.
Romaine, Suzanne (University of Oxford)
BILINGUALISM: SECOND EDITION
1994 6 x 9 691 pages
0-631-19539-4 paperback $25.95 14.99 GBP
The new edition has been completely revised to incorporate recent work in
this fast developing field.
Throughout the book, bilingualism is seen as both a societal and
cognitive phenomenon. It explores various aspects of bilingual behaviour,
such as code switching and language mixing, in terms of their social
functions within the bilingual speech community as well as in terms of
neurolinguistic organization in the individual speaker. The author also
assesses the positive and negative claims made for the effects of
bilingualism on children's cognitive, social and academic development,
and examines the assumptions behind various language policies and
programs for bilingual children.
Smith, Neil and Tsimpli, Ianthi-Maria (University College, London, and
University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
THE MIND OF A SAVANT: LANGUAGE, LEARNING AND MODULARITY
1995 6 x 9 256 pages
0-631-19017-1 paperback $20.95 15.99 GBP
0-631-19016-3 hardcover $52.95 45.00 GBP
Savants are people who are mentally and often physically inpaired but who
have one dazzling talent. Savants with mathematical, artistic or musical
ability, while rare, are not unheard of, but cases like that of
Christopher, who is described here, have never been reported before.
Despite being unable to look after himself because he has difficulty with
everyday tasks that we take for granted, Christopher can read, write,
translate and communicate in fifteen to twenty different languages. In
this study Neil Smith and Ianthi Tsimpli not only provide insight into
the mind of one unique individual, but simultaneously cast light on the
nature of language and language learning, and on the relation between
language and thought in general.
Levelt, Willem J.M. (Editor) (University of Nijmegen, Netherlands)
LEXICAL ACCESS IN SPEECH PRODUCTION
1993 6 x 9 336 pages
1-55786-355-5 paperback $24.95 15.99 GBP
The authors of this book provide an in-depth analysis of the cognitive
mechanisms that are involved in accessing words when we speak. They
consider the relation between conceptual and lexical representations, and
offer a non-compositional network model of lexical selection and a
critical review of aphsaic disorders of lexical selection. They go on to
examine the construction of work form, reviewing the vast literature on
spoonerisms and new experimental evidence for the specific role of word
onset in the phonological build-up of a word.
LITERACY STUDIES
Czerniewska, Pam (Formerly Director of the National Writing Project)
LEARNING ABOUT WRITING: THE EARLY YEARS
1992 6 x 9 160 pages
0-631-16963-6 paperback $25.95 12.99 GBP
Drawing insights and evidence from the National Writing Project, this
book explores the ways in which we can best support the development of
children's writing in the early years. But before looking at effective
ways to develop the writing curriculum, it explores some fundamental
questions about learning and literacy.
Coulmas, Florian (Chuo University, Tokyo)
THE BLACKWELL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WRITING SYSTEMS
1995 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 640 pages
0-631-19446-0 hardcover $74.95 65.00 GBP
This book draws on historical and paleographic research into fundamental
structural options of representing language by means of a graphic code,
on psychological investigation into the social conditions and
consequences of literacy. Entries vary between short explanations of
terms and concepts, brief accounts of individual writing systems and
longer theoretical articles. The encyclopedia contains an array of visual
examples and is supported by a comprehensive bibliography.
Barton, David (University of Lancaster, UK)
LITERACY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ECOLOGY OF WRITTEN LANGUAGE
1994 6 x 9 264 pages
0-631-19091-0 paperback $22.95 13.99 GBP
0-631-19089-9 hardcover $52.95 45.00 GBP
This is the first general introduction to the new emerging field of
literacy studies. It brings recent developments together in a coherent
manner, by showing how new research has contributed to our understanding
of literacy practices in a range of settings. The book explores the
competing definitions of literacy in contemporary society, and examines
the theories of language and of learning which underpin new views of
literacy. The book is intended as an introduction to literacy studies for
the student or general reader, but it will also be invaluable to
specialists in one area of study who wish to understand the significance
of other areas of literacy studies for their own work.
REFERENCE
*Forthcoming*
Hardcastle, William and John Laver (ed.) (Queen Margaret College and
University of Edinburgh)
THE HANDBOOK OF PHONETIC SCIENCES
December 1996 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 640 pages
0-631-18848-7 hardcover
This Handbook is unique in that it brings together chapters on the
biological foundations of speech and hearing such as brain functions
underlying speech, organic variation of the vocal apparatus, auditory
neural processing, and articulatory processes together with chapters on
theoretical and applied areas. There are papers on experimental
phonetics, as well as discussions of speech technology applications in
areas such as automatic recognition of speech and speakers, and speech
synthesis.
*Forthcoming*
Crystal, David (University College of North Wales, Bangor)
DICTIONARY OF LINGUISTICS AND PHONETICS
Fourth edition
December 1996 6 x 9 400 pages
0-631-20097-5 paperback $24.95 16.99 GBP
0-631-20096-7 hardcover $64.95 50.00 GBP
Completely revised and updated in its fourth edition, this is the
standard one volume reference for its field.
The new edition incorporates new words or senses which have developed in
linguistics during the 1990's and is some 20% larger in its coverage.
New aspects of linguistic theory and research include the developing
terminology of Principles and Parameter theory in syntax and of the
Minimalist Program, and in Phonology of Optimality Theory.
Lappin, Shalom (editor), (School of Oriental and African Studies, London)
THE HANDBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY SEMANTIC THEORY
1995 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 608 pages
0-631-18752-9 hardcover $79.95 65.00 GBP
This volume provides a comprehensive view of the central issues in
contemporary semantic theory. New articles by leading researchers in the
field give an introductory account of previous work along with a
presentation of new innovations and results. Thus the Handbook is both an
authoritative guide to the major developments of linguistic semantics and
a significant contribution to the current research.
The book will be invaluable both to students requiring a complete and
up-to-date survey of work in semantics, and to the specialist engaged in
research on particular problems in semantic theory. The articles in the
Handbook are written in an accessible style and include detailed
references. In addition, the volume includes an extensive central
bibliography which is intended to serve as a research tool for students
and linguists working in the field.
Goldsmith, John A. (University of Chicago)
THE HANDBOOK OF PHONOLOGICAL THEORY
1995 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 1000 pages
0-631-18062-1 hardcover $79.95 75.00 GBP
The Handbook of Phonological Theory brings together a detailed
examination of the state of phonological theory in this decade. In a
series of essays on topics as varied as underspecification theory,
prosodic morphology, and syllable structure, 37 leading phonologists
offer a critical survey of the leading and guiding ideas that lie behind
the research in this active area of linguistic research. In all cases,
the contributions have been written by leading workers in the areas which
they discuss, and in many of the cases, the chapters of the handbook are
the first published expositions of new perspectives which have already
begun to shape the climate of research in the field.
Fletcher, Paul and MacWhinney, Brian (editors), (University of Reading
and Carnegie Mellon University)
THE HANDBOOK OF CHILD LANGUAGE
1994 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 786 pages
0-631-18405-8 hardcover $79.95 70.00 GBP
This volume, in its twenty-five definitive papers on normal and
non-normal language development, represents the authoritative and
up-to-date complete sourcebook on child language development. All aspects
of child's language development are addressed, including phonetics,
phonology, grammar, and lexical development. Connectionism and
government-binding theory, as applied to development, are fully
represented. The relevance of input, cognition and social factors to
language development is explored. Chapters on methodology, particularly
using computer databases, are provided for both normal and non-normal
acquisition. Contributors include Dorothy Aram, Martyn Barrett, Elizabeth
Bates, Robin Chapman, Eve Clark, Jean Berko Gleason, Holly Craig, Annick
DeHouwer, Jill de Villiers, Roberta Golinkoff, Maya Hickman, Ray Kent,
Larry Leonard, John Locke, Jurgen Meisel, Lise Menn, Jon Miller, Elinor
Ochs.
JOURNALS
Linguistics Journals from Blackwell Publishers
COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE**
An International journal
Edited by Nick Cercone and Gordon McCalla
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