LINGUIST List 17.2563

Mon Sep 11 2006

Books: General Linguistics: Leitner, Fritz, Taylor (Eds)

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Directory         1.    Julia Ulrich, Language in Australia and New Zealand: Leitner, Fritz, Taylor (Eds)

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Message 1: Language in Australia and New Zealand: Leitner, Fritz, Taylor (Eds)
Date: 11-Sep-2006
From: Julia Ulrich <julia.ulrichdegruyter.com>
Subject: Language in Australia and New Zealand: Leitner, Fritz, Taylor (Eds)


Title: Language in Australia and New Zealand Subtitle: A Bibliography and Research Database (1788 - Present) Published: 2006 Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
                http://www.mouton-publishers.com

Book URL: http://www.mouton-online.com/ausbib.php

Editor: Gerhard Leitner, Free University Berlin Editor: Clemens Fritz, Free University Berlin Editor: Brian Taylor Electronic: ISBN: 3110176246 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 248.00 Comment: Introductory Price; valid until December 31, 2006
Electronic: ISBN: 3110176246 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 334.80 Comment: Introductory Price; valid until December 31, 2006
Abstract:

Australia and New Zealand are hosts to hundreds of languages whoseinteraction is at the heart of Language in Australia and New Zealand. Englishconstitutes the natural center and the full range of writings is covered from1788 to 2001, including dictionaries and glossaries. Comprehensivecoverage is given to the other languages - indigenous, European, Asian, andcontact languages - that have emerged throughout the history of thesenations, especially Kriol, Torres Strait Creole, and Norfolk. The bibliographyalso includes onomastics and Australian and New Zealand sign language.Other themes covered are the interaction of English with indigenous and non-English-migrant languages; language maintenance, shift, and loss;psycholinguistic and societal factors; language policies; and educationalresponses.

Stored on media-neutral electronic databases, the bibliography offers thefollowing features

Users can enter any keyword to begin a search (lists of keywords are alsoavailable). Each entry contains a number of keywords, which direct the userto other related search terms or entries. Internal cross-classifications andfurther searches within a search result are possible.

Both the keywords and the comments for each entry give a clear indicationof the main topics covered by the publication, providing the user with adetailed overview and systematic coverage of the many subfields ofresearch.

Abstracts or notes are provided for most of the entries.

The bibliography does not only survey publications within their specific areasof research, but also includes a wide variety of titles dealing with theapplication of their findings in related fields and adjacent non-linguisticdisciplines.

Publications covered include monographs, collective volumes, articles injournals and edited works, proceedings, and difficult to trace literature suchas theses, dissertations, pre-publications, unpublished manuscripts, onlinepublications, as well as reports from institutions. In these cases, details onaccessibility and location are added, thus avoiding time-consuming searcheselsewhere.

Future editions will include feedback functions so that users can submitfurther information and/or abstracts, making the bibliography interactive.

Annual updates: up to new 1000 entries are planned.

For a free trial access, please visit http://www.mouton-online.com/ausbib.php

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Written In: English (eng )

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