LINGUIST List 7.92
Mon Jan 22 1996
Books: Semantics, Phonetics and Phonology, Stylistics
Editor for this issue: Ljuba Veselinova <lveselinemunix.emich.edu>
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lisa godfrey, New Semantics Title
Message 1: New Semantics Title
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 17:20:28
From: lisa godfrey <godfreyMIT.EDU>
Subject: New Semantics Title
SEMANTICS
KNOWLEDGE OF MEANING: An Introduction to Semantic Theory
by Richard larson and Gabriel Segal
The MIT Press
$40 original in paperback (or $80 cloth)
To order, contact <mitpress-ordersmit.edu> or 800.356.0343
The only introduction to truth-theoretic semantics for natural
languages,integrating semantic theory into the modern Chomskyian program
in linguistic theory and research in cognitive psych. and philosophy.
Available for discussion
PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
R. L. Trask, DICTIONARY OF PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY
This dictionary covers over 2,000 terms in phonetics and phonology.
Its usefulness as a reference tool is enhanced by the inclusion of
pronunciations, notational devices and symbols, earliest sources of
terms, suggestions for further reading and advice with regard to use.
Each word is provided with a pronunciation, a part-of-speech label,
synonyms and antonyms, any standard abbreviation and one or more
definitions with examples. The terminology of historical phonology is
also well covered.
Routledge: 1995: 448 pp
HB: 0 415 11260 5: #C0407: $59.95: L37.50
PB: 0 415 11261 3: #C0817: $18.95: L10.99
Available for Discussion
Patricia Ashby, SPEECH SOUNDS
SPEECH SOUNDS is an accessible and helpful guide to basic phonetic
theory. Explaining the fundamental skills of the phonetician, the text
investigates the different angles involved in the production of sound
and uses data-based material to reinforce each new concept. SPEECH
SOUNDS includes examples from a wide range of languages, dozens of
exercises with solutions and full cross-references.
Language Workbooks
Routledge: 1995: 128 pp
PB: 0 415 08571 3: #C0228: $12.95: L6.99
Available for Discussion
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STYLISTICS
Laura Wright and Jonathan Hope, STYLISTICS
A Practical Coursebook
Using a wide range of twentieth-century literary prose, Laura Wright
and Jonathan Hope provide an interactive introduction to the
techniques of stylistic analysis. Divided into five sections--the noun
phrase, the verb phrase, the clause, text structure and
vocabulary--the book also provides an introduction to the basics of
descriptive grammar for beginning students. STYLISTICS provides a
comprehensive glossary of terms. Designed to be used in a variety of
classrooms, it introduces students to an enormous range of 20th
century literature. And for each linguistic feature under discussion,
the reader is offered a definition, a text for analysis, exercises and
tasks, in addition to a suggested solution.
Routledge: 1995: 256 pp
PB: 0 415 11381 4: #C0066: $17.95: L9.99
Vimala Herman, DRAMATIC DISCOURSE
Dialogue as Interaction in Plays
Vimala Herman argues that drama should be of particular interest to
linguists because of its form, dialogue and subsequent translation
into performance. Each chapter in the book contains a theoretical
section in which major concepts of each framework are explained.
Herman draws from classic textual examples using ethnomethodology,
conversation analysis, discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, and,
through these methods, is able to explore dramatic issues such as time
in language, power and gender.
Routledge: 1995: 344 pp
HB: 0 415 08241 2: #C0158: $69.95: L45.00
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