LINGUIST List 4.97

Fri 12 Feb 1993

Books: History of Lx; Historical: Germanic, Romance

Editor for this issue: <>



Additional information on the following books, as well as a short backlist of the publisher's titles, is available from the Listserv. 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

To get more information on a book published by John Benjamins, send the message: get benjamins lst linguist

We hope you find this system workable and the announcements helpful.

Anthony & Helen

Directory

  • I, History of Lx; Historical: Germanic, Romance

    Message 1: History of Lx; Historical: Germanic, Romance

     Date: Fri 12 Feb 1993
    From: I <>
    Subject: History of Lx; Historical: Germanic, Romance
    HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS

    Ahlqvist, Anders (ed.) DIVERSIONS OF GALWAY 1992 xxvii, 384 pp. Cloth. ISBN: 1 55619 363 7 $95.00 John Benjamins >internet:70461.1236compuserve.com History of Linguistics An edited selection of papers from the fifth meeting of the international Congress on the History of Linguistics, held in Galway, Ireland in the summer of 1990

    Noordegraaf, Jan et al (eds.) THE HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS IN THE LOW COUNTRIES 1992 vi 382 pp. Cloth. ISBN: 1 155619 359 9 $85.00 John Benjamins >internet:70461.1236compuserve.com History of Linguistics Latest volume in a subseries on the development of linguistic study in different countries or areas.

    HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS

    Burridge, Kate SYNTACTIC CHANGE IN GERMANIC 1992 xi, 287 pp. Cloth. ISBN 1 55619 146 4 $75.00 John Benjamins >internet:70461.1236compuserve.com Historical Linguistics This study examines certain features of Dutch syntax between approximately 1300 and 1650. Of central importance are the overall developments in the word order patterning and the various changes they entail elsewhere in the grammar, such as in the negative construction.

    Davis, Garry W. & Gregory K. Iverson EXPLANATION IN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS 1992 xiv, 227 pp. + index Cloth. ISBN: 1 55619 139 1 $69.00 John Benjamins >internet:70461.1236compuserve.com Historical Linguistics The first of two volumes deriving from papers presented at the Nineteenth Annual UWM Linguistic Symposium in April 1990, this work investigates the general question of what constitutes an explanation of diachronic change, and illustrates proposals in the context of various specific problems in historical linguistics.

    GERMANIC LANGUAGES

    Lippi-Green, Rosina RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GERMANIC LINGUISTICS 1992 xii, 163 pp. Cloth. ISBN: 1 55619 154 5 $45.00 John Benjamins >internet:70461.1236compuserve.com Germanic Languages These are selected papers from the Second Annual Michigan/Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable held in April of 1991 at Ann Arbor.

    ROMANCE LINGUISTICS

    Hirschbuhler, Paul & Konrad Koerner (eds.) John Benjamins ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND MODERN LINGUISTIC THEORY 1992 viii, 416 pp. Cloth. ISBN: 1 55619 148 0 $95.00 >internet:70461.1236compuserve.com Romance Linguistics A selection of papers from the 20th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages held at the University of Ottawa in April 1990.

    Laeufer, Christiane & Terrell A. Morgan (eds.) John Benjamins THEORETICAL ANALYSES IN ROMANCE LINGUISTICS 1992 vii, 515 pp. Cloth. ISBN: 1 55619 130 8 $150.00 >internet:70461.1236compuserve.com Romance Ling A selection of papers from the 19th Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages held at the Ohio State University in April 1989.