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Yes, the two big university presses are often cheaper than others,
but they don't normally publish grammars of small languages.<br>
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The two grammars mentioned by Peter are exceptional cases, something
like a special favour to Bob and Sasha (and their students).<br>
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More recently, Bob Dixon has been forced to collaborate with Lincom
(see the OGFAUS series:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lincom-shop.eu/shop/category_2b/Outstanding-grammars-from-Australia.html?shop_param=cid%3D%26">http://www.lincom-shop.eu/shop/category_2b/Outstanding-grammars-from-Australia.html?shop_param=cid%3D%26</a>)<br>
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Martin<br>
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On 11/11/2011 17:40, TRUDGILL Peter wrote:
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type="cite">
<div>Let us not forget the British Publisher Oxford University
Press. Calculations show:</div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom:
0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font color="black"><span
style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span"
size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 18px;">Dixon: Grammar of Jarawara
(OUP) 732 pages £39.99 = 0.052p per page = c. €0.06
per page</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span"
size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 18px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom:
0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font color="black"><span
style="color: black; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span"
size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 18px;"> </span></font></o:p></span></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom:
0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><font color="black"><span
style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span"
size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="font-size: 18px;">Aikhenvald: Grammar of
Manambu (OUP) 732 pages £39.99 = 0.052p per page = c.
€0.06 per page</span></font></span></font></div>
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0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><br>
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<div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom:
0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; ">I suggest potential authors try
them. And they have made offers on particular books to ALT
before, and are likely to do so again.</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom:
0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; ">Peter<br>
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Martin Haspelmath (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:haspelmath@eva.mpg.de">haspelmath@eva.mpg.de</a>)
Max-Planck-Institut fuer evolutionaere Anthropologie, Deutscher Platz 6
D-04103 Leipzig
Tel. (MPI) +49-341-3550 307, (priv.) +49-341-980 1616
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