10.555, Books: General Linguistics
LINGUIST Network
linguist at linguistlist.org
Sun Apr 18 23:11:24 UTC 1999
LINGUIST List: Vol-10-555. Sun Apr 18 1999. ISSN: 1068-4875.
Subject: 10.555, Books: General Linguistics
Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Wayne State U.<aristar at linguistlist.org>
Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. <hdry at linguistlist.org>
Andrew Carnie: U. of Arizona <carnie at linguistlist.org>
Reviews: Andrew Carnie: U. of Arizona <carnie at linguistlist.org>
Associate Editors: Martin Jacobsen <marty at linguistlist.org>
Brett Churchill <brett at linguistlist.org>
Ljuba Veselinova <ljuba at linguistlist.org>
Assistant Editors: Scott Fults <scott at linguistlist.org>
Jody Huellmantel <jody at linguistlist.org>
Karen Milligan <karen at linguistlist.org>
Software development: John H. Remmers <remmers at emunix.emich.edu>
Chris Brown <chris at linguistlist.org>
Home Page: http://linguistlist.org/
Editor for this issue: Scott Fults <scott at linguistlist.org>
==========================================================================
Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are
available at the end of this issue.
=================================Directory=================================
1)
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 14:36:10 -0400
From: grace_fuqua at SIL.ORG
Subject: New Publications of Summer Institute of Linguistics
-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 14:36:10 -0400
From: grace_fuqua at SIL.ORG
Subject: New Publications of Summer Institute of Linguistics
JOURNAL ToC
Longacre, Robert E., editor; JOURNAL OF TRANSLATION AND
TEXTLINGUISTICS, Vol. 11
1998 ISSN: 1055-4513; $7.95 Summer Institute of Linguistics.
David M. Russell The Strategy of a First-Century Appeals
Letter: A Discourse Reading of Paul's Epistle to Philemon
Susan J. Hugghins Analysis of a Mixtec Hortatory Text:
A Nonlinear Approach in Southeastern Nochixtlan Mixtec
Ernst R. Wendland "Dear Children" Versus the "Antichrists":
The Rhetoric of Reassurance in First John
Perry L. Blackburn Adjusting the Canon: A Literary Theoretic Look
at the Practice of
New Book Titles from SIL
GENERAL LINGUISTICS
Burquest, Donald A., & Edmondson, Jerold A. authors, A SURVEY
OF LINGUISTIC THEORIES; Pb. ISBN:1-55671-068-2
xiii+259 pp., 1998, 3rd edition, $29.00, Summer Institute of
Linguistics.
This book is designed as a textbook and is intended to present
a sample of the more popular approaches to linguistic
theorizing. Included are discussions on tagmemics, generative
transformational grammar, stratificational linguistics,
Montague grammar, generalized phrase structure grammar,
lexical-functional grammar, relational grammar, and functional
approaches to grammar. The information on generative
transformational grammar in chapter five has been revised
extensively. The material on Principles and Parameters Syntax,
Relational Grammar, and Functionalist Models has also been
expanded and updated. Different aspects of each theory are
covered including general ontology, methodology, world view,
and certain specifics including its problem-solving capacity
with regards to the English auxiliary complex. A brief summary
of the salient points of each theory is given at the end of
each discussion.
Internet: academic_books at sil.org
http://www.sil.org
Wannemacher, Mark W., author; ASPECTS OF ZAIWA PROSODY: An
Autosegmental Account. Pb. ISBN:1-556781-054-2; viii+164 pp.,
1998, $29.00 Summer Institute of Linguistics and the University
of Texas at Arlington.
The purpose of this study is to provide a generative and
autosegmental phonological analysis of the Zaiwa language with
emphasis on prosodic components. This is a preliminary
phonology of Zaiwa with a relatively complete treatment of all
phonological aspects, concentrating on suprasegmental
components. The generative/autosegmental framework employed
incorporates feature geometry in a manner that provides a view
of the interaction of segmentals and suprasegmentals. In
particular, the interaction of voice quality, tone, and
consonantal features are presented using feature geometry and
underspecification in order to differentiate lexical tone from
derived tone. It is the author's goal to provide a basis for
understanding the processes occurring in Zaiwa phonology and
provide helpful insights in understanding similar processes in
other Tibeto-Burman languages. Mark Wannemacher has lived in
Southeast Asia for eight years and his research on the Zaiwa
language has been conducted over the past six years with
speakers from various dialect areas.
Internet: academic_books at sil.org
http://www.sil.org
Aaron, Uche E. author: TENSE AND ASPECT IN OBOLO GRAMMAR AND
DISCOURSE. Pb. ISBN: 1-55671-063-1; x+90 pp., 1999, $29.00
Summer Institute of Linguistics, and the University of Texas at
Arlington.
The temporal categories of tense and aspect have received much
attention in linguistic literature. But often scholars
concentrate on their grammatical description without regard to
their function in discourse. This work is a comprehensive and
systematic description of the function of tense and aspect in
the Obolo language. The data for this study are ten texts,
both written and oral, from the Ngo dialect of Obolo, which is
spoken in southeastern coastal Nigeria. They represent the four
main discourse genres of narrative, procedural, expository, and
hortatory. In the model adopted for this work, the discussion
of tense and aspect in the sentence correlates with the
referential component, while the discussion of the discourse
functions of tense and aspect correlates with the textual
component. Uche Aaron is a citizen of Nigeria and a native
speaker of Obolo. In 1983 he received a master of arts degree
in linguistics from the University of Texas at Arlington, and
in 1994 he was awarded a Ph. D. in linguistics from the
University of California at Santa Barbara.
Internet: academic_books at sil.org
http://www.sil.org
Bickford, Albert A, author; TOOLS FOR ANALYZING THE WORLD'S
LANGUAGES: Morphology and Syntax. Pb. ISBN: 1-55671-047-x;
x+400 pp., 1998. $39.00. Summer Institute of Linguistics.
In this expansion of work by John Daly, Larry Lyman, and Mary
Rhodes, Albert Bickford shares his enthusiasm for languages and
linguistics with the reader by presenting a practical guide for
acquiring skills necessary to analyze the morphology and syntax
of languages around the world. Written in an informal,
personal style, this is a practical book for teacher and
student alike, a rich storehouse of references and helps in
addition to the theoretical content drawn broadly from work
within generative grammar. Most chapters begin with a statement
of goals and a list of prerequisites for understanding the
information contained in them. Examples and explanatory
diagrams are distributed liberally throughout the text. The
review of key terms, questions for analysis, and sample
descriptions which appear at the end of most chapters help the
student to apply the theoretical material. References for
further reading are provided for those wishing to study
further. Dr. Bickford serves in Tucson, Arizona, as a
linguistic consultant with the Summer Institute of Linguistics,
teaching and advising language workers who are investigating
the languages of Mexico. Most summers he teaches the course
from which this book developed at the Summer Institute of
Linguistics, University of North Dakota, and directs the
University's graduate program in linguistics.
Internet: academic_books at sil.org
http: //www.sil.org
Loos, Eugene E. editor; LOGICAL RELATIONS IN DISCOURSE; Pb.
ISBN: 1-55671-040-2; xviii+259 pp., 1999, $29.00 Summer
Institute of Linguistics.
When a workshop on logical connectives was first suggested, a
leading linguist asked, "Are they really logical?" Logical
relations between propositions were an elusive subject about
which little research was available prior to that workshop held
in 1989. Field method guides offered nothing for the analysis
of signals that tell how a speaker intends for the listener to
interpret and associate the propositions in a discourse. The
articles in this volume discuss the indicators used by speakers
and hearers in a wide range of languages to connect parts of
discourse. The cues are sometimes related explicitly to lexical
or syntactic features of the discourse; they are often linked
to pragmatic aspects, the intended illocutionary effect, and at
other times to the knowledge of the participants in the
discourse. The goal of the authors is to assist the reader in
reaching an understanding of how to determine what the speaker
intends, how to identify the cues for the listener, and how to
employ those cues.
Internet: academic_books at sil.org
http://www.sil.org
Leman, Elena M., author; CHEYENNE MAJOR CONSTITUENT ORDER: Pb,
ISBN: 1-55671-015-1; xi+95 pp. 1999. $15.00. Summer Institute
of Linguistics.
Cheyenne narratives exhibit all possible orders for the three
major constituents of subject, object, and verb. In this book,
the author explores factors that could possibly influence the
order of major constituents in Cheyenne narrative. Through the
analysis of texts elicited from Cheyenne speakers, she
concludes that the newsworthy first principle provides an
accounting for alternate constituent order and can be used to
predict constituent order. Cheyenne, an Algonquian language, is
spoken by Native Americans living in Montana and Oklahoma. The
author has done language research with those in Montana since
1975. The theoretical basis of this study comes from her work
toward earning a master's degree at the University of Oregon.
Internet: academic_books at sil.org
http://www.sil.org
LITERACY
Waters, Glenys, author, LOCAL LITERACIES: Theory and Practice.
Pb. ISBN: 1-55671-038-0; xii+425 pp., $39. Summer Institute of
Linguistics
While many books have been written about basic literacy, few
offer detailed information on how to plan and carry out a
community literacy project. Fewer still give guidance in
tackling the additional barriers of language, culture, and
logistics in developing countries and in treating the local
community as an active partner rather than a passive recipient
in the literacy process. In Local Literacies: Theory and
Practice, Glenys Waters includes these elements and presents a
practical guide for developing a literacy program. This book
will be especially helpful to those doing literacy work in
linguistically diverse settings in much of the developing
world. Approximately one half of the book is given to the
development of instructional methods and materials in reading,
writing, and basic math.
Internet:: academic_books at sil.org
http: //www.sil.org
ETHNOLOGY
Wistrand-Robinson, Lila. author; CASHIBO FOLKLORE AND CULTURE:
Prose, Poetry, and Historical Background. Pb. ISBN:
1-55671-048-8; xviii+179pp. $29. Summer Institute of
Linguistics and The International Museum of Cultures.
Lila Wistrand-Robinson, who is an Adjunct Professor of Social
Studies at Black River Technical College in Pocohontas,
Arkansas, has taken the data from her doctoral thesis on
Cashibo, a Panoan language, and revised it for general
readership. The research for this work was done over a six-year
period during which Dr. Wistrand-Robinson made several trips to
the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Azul 'Blue Ridge' area of
the Andes in Peru. The book is divided into two parts. The
first part contains many of the myths, legends, and chants
passed from father to son among the Cashibo. For those readers
who are particularly interested in how the stories relate to
other Panoan languages, each tale has been linked with
Thompson's list of anthropological themes. Part two of the book
describes the history of the Cashibo people and culture up to
the mid 1960s. The references section includes not only those
cited by the author in the volume, but also anthropological and
linguistic works that discuss Panoan culture in general, and
the Cashibo in particular. This section alone is a valuable
resource for those interested in studying the languages and
cultures of the indigenous groups living in the Peruvian rain
forest.
Internet: academic_books at sil.org
http://www.sil.org
Speck, Charles H., author; ZAPOTEC ORAL LITERATURE: El Folklore
de San Lorenzo Texmelucan. Pb. ISBN:1-55671-058-5: xviii+235
pp. $29 Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Written in English and Spanish, this collection of tales
presents a small sampling of the oral literature of the Zapotec
people who live in the municipality of San Lorenzo Texmelucan,
located soutwest of Oaxaca City in the district of Sola de
Vega, Mexico. In order to make the tales accessible to the
Zapotec people, the original Zapotec is included using the
practical orthography of the area. Thirteen folktales are
presented, including one with a unique style in which a Zapotec
poet communicates his worldview. In addition, one chapter is a
collection of forty-six proverbs portraying Zapotec wisdom in
short traditional expressions about life, vices, virtues, and
human relationships. A cultural sketch highlights some of the
patterns that characterize the people of San Lorenzo as a
cultural unit.
Internet: academic_books at sil.org
http://www.sil.org
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you buy one of these books please tell the publisher or author
that you saw it advertised on the LINGUIST list.
Publisher's backlists
The following contributing LINGUIST publishers have made their
backlists available on the World Wide Web:
1998 Contributors:
Major Supporters:
Addison Wesley Longman
http://www.awl-he.com/linguistics/
Blackwell Publishers
http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/
Cambridge University Press
http://www.cup.org/
Cassell
http://www.cassell.co.uk
Edinburgh University Press
http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/
Garland Publishing
http://www.garlandpub.com/
Holland Academic Graphics (HAG)
http://www.hag.nl
John Benjamins Publishing Company
http://www.benjamins.com/
http://www.benjamins.nl/
Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc.
http://www.erlbaum.com/inform.htm
Mouton de Gruyter
http://www.deGruyter.de/hling.html
Oxford University Press
http://www.oup-usa.org/
Routledge
http://www.routledge.com/
Summer Institute of Linguistics
http://www.sil.org/
Other Supporting Publishers:
Anthropological Linguistics
http://www.indiana.edu/~anthling
Cascadilla Press:
http://www.cascadilla.com/
CSLI Publications:
http://csli-www.stanford.edu/publications/
Finno-Ugrian Society
http://www.helsinki.fi/jarj.sus
Francais Practique
http://www.pratique.fr/
Hermes
http://www.editions-hermes.fr
MIT Press (Books Division)
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books-legacy.tcl
MIT Working Papers in Linguistics
http://broca.mit.edu/mitwpl.web/WPLs.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-10-555
More information about the LINGUIST
mailing list