LINGUIST List 8.950

Fri Jun 27 1997

FYI: Typology journal, AHL/Dhumbadji!

Editor for this issue: Ann Dizdar <annlinguistlist.org>

Directory

  • Christoph Eyrich, New Journal: Linguistic Typology
  • Nick Nicholas, FYI: AHL/Dhumbadji! URL

    Message 1: New Journal: Linguistic Typology

     Date: Fri, 20 Jun 1997 12:30:39 +0200 (MEST)
    From: Christoph Eyrich <eyrichzedat.fu-berlin.de>
    Subject: New Journal: Linguistic Typology


    NEW JOURNAL

    LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY

    Mouton de Gruyter * Berlin * New York

    Following the founding of the Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT) in 1994, the 1997 launching of the journal LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY under the auspices of ALT is another sign that typology is internationally consolidating its position.

    LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY aims to distinguish itself as a forum for the typological community, catering to its special professional needs. In particular, these concern the empirical dimensions of the typological enterprise and the ensuing demands to coordinate research and keep track of a profusion of data and results. Therefore LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY specifically encourages informed dialogue and the proper recording of past and present achievements. lts content structure is be diversified, comprising the following regular and occasional elements:

    o Articles with peer commentary, complementary articles, other interactive formats o Independent articles o The Implications Register, documenting the implications on record, with known counter-examples, and gradually building up networks of registered implications o Language Profiles and Family Portraits, from a typological viewpoint o Basic topical bibliographies o The Present Perfect, featuring highlights from typology as done in the past but persisting into the present (hence this section's title) o Reviews, multiple reviews, book notices, literature surveys

    Today's typology, done competently, is at the cutting edge of theoretical linguistics. With no party line to be followed, it will be poised to discover rather than rehash for some time to come. Its potential for applied linguistics is considerable, as is beginning to be appreciated by those who apply linguistics to more than one language. Language description is rarely done these days in blissful ignorance of what is on record about the possibilities and limits of typological variation. Cultural and cognitive anthropology stand to benefit from being pursued in conjunction with a typology that has long shed its ideological biases.

    LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY appears annually with a total of approximately 400 pages. The membership fee of the Association for Linguistic Typology (ALT) will include the subscription to LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY. A substantially reduced price will be granted to the ALT members. Please contact the Secretary-Treasurer of ALT, Johan van der Auwera, for particulars.

    SUBMISSION

    The Editors invite suitable manuscripts, to be submitted in triplicate to the Editor-in-Chief: Frans Plank, Universitaet Konstanz, Fachgruppe Sprachwissenschaft, Postfach 5560, 78434 Konstanz, Germany (frans.plankuni-konstanz.de). Instructions for contributors are available upon request and are printed in the first issue of the journal. Refereeing should not take longer than two months. LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY will be covered by relevant citation indexes and abstracting.

    SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION

    Subscription rates for Volume 1 (1997):

    ALT members: DM 98,-/oS 430,-/sFr 96,-/approx. US$ 73.00 (including membership fee; please contact the publisher)

    Institutions/libraries: DM 169,-/oS 1.234.00/sFr 150.00 (postage extra) Single issues: DM 58,-/oS 423.00/sFr 53.00

    Prices in US$ for subscriptions in North America only:

    Institutions/libraries: $ 98.00 (postage extra) Single issues: $ 33.00 (postage extra)

    * * *

    Institutional subscriptions can be ordered from your local bookseller or subscription agent or directly from Mouton de Gruyter.

    _______________________________________________________________________

    Mouton de Gruyter Walter de Gruyter, Inc. Postfach 30 34 21 200 Saw Mill River Road D-10728 Berlin Hawthorne, NY 10532 Germany USA Fax: +49 (0)30 26005-351 Fax: +1 914 747-1326 email: 100064.2307compuserve.com

    This and further publications can also be ordered via World Wide Web:

    http://www.deGruyter.de

    Message 2: FYI: AHL/Dhumbadji! URL

     Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 15:50:10 +1000
    From: Nick Nicholas <s_nickneduserv.its.unimelb.edu.au>
    Subject: FYI: AHL/Dhumbadji! URL


    Please note that the URL for the Association for the History of Language, publishers of the periodical _Dhumbadji!_ is now:

    http://www.lexicon.net.au/~opoudjis/Work/ahl.html

    - "Assuming, for whatever reasons, that neither scholar presented the evidence properly, then there remains a body of evidence you have not yet destroyed because it has never been presented." --- Harold Fleming |NickNicholas|Linguistics&AppliedLinguistics|UniversityOfMelbourne|Australia| |n.nicholaslinguistics.unimelb.edu.au||http://www.lexicon.net.au/~opoudjis/|