Book announcement (please share)

[Tim Thornes]

Dear Funknetters,

Please see the attached flyer for a newly released collection of papers
entitled "Functional-Historical Approaches to Explanation: in Honor of
Scott DeLancey." It is published as volume 103 in the Typological Studies
in Language series by John Benjamins.
http://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/tsl.103/main

"Contributions from both well-known practitioners and new voices in the
areas of language typology, historical linguistics, and function-based
approaches to language description define this volume, as does its foci in
two major geographical areas — southeast Asia and northwestern North
America. All of the papers appeal, in one way or another, to
functional-historical approaches to explanation. Behind this appeal lies an
assumption that languages are selective in their development in ways that
are dependent upon the communicative tasks to which they are put. As such,
language function accounts for both variation and historical development
over time."

Best, Tim
-- 
TimThornes
Assistant Professor of Linguistics
English Department
Boise State University
SMITC 218A
(208) 426-4267