CMC-SLING Digest - 1 Dec 2006 to 10 Jan 2007 (#2007-1)

Thu Jan 11 16:11:39 UTC 2007

But the Batistella book is not a second edition of the Crystal book;
it's a completely different text.

On 1/11/07, boyd davis <boydhdavis at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think Lang. means the 2nd edn:
> Battistella, E. 2003. Language 79: 432. Impact of internet on language
>
> CMC-SLING automatic digest system
> <LISTSERV at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG> wrote:
>  There are 2 messages totalling 190 lines in this issue.
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> Topics of the day:
>
>  1. FYI: Language: December 2006 Book Notice List
>  2. Fwd: 18.31, Review: AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW
>
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> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:36:55 -0700
> From: joshua raclaw
> Subject: FYI: Language: December 2006 Book Notice List
>
> While we're on the topic of book reviews, one for the journal 'Language' -
>
>
> Joshua Raclaw - PhD student
> Department of Linguistics
> Culture, Language & Social Practice
> Women and Gender Studies
> University of Colorado at Boulder
> http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~raclaw/
> http://sociocmc.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
>
> -------------------------Message 1
> ----------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:36:19
> From: Gregory Stump < gstump at uky.edu >
> Subject: Language: December 2006 Book Notice List
>
>
> LANGUAGE, Journal of the Linguistic Society of America
>
> Book notice list [December 2006]
>
> * * * Important notice * * *
>
> Within the next year, the print journal Language will be phasing out the
> publication of book notices in its pages. Instead, all new book notices
> will be published online in the new electronic journal that the LSA is
> developing, known as eLanguage (see the announcement at
> www.lsadc.org/info/pubs-elang-rfp.cfm, and the Editor's
> Department in the
> March 2006 issue of Language (82.1)). Book reviews and review articles
> will continue to be published in the pages of Language as they always have
> been.
>
> * * * * * * * * *
>
> Below is the list of books currently available for 500-word book notices.
> The opportunity to write book notices is offered to all readers of Language
> whether or not they are LSA members, though the editor reserves the right
> to decline to send books to volunteers whose previous book notices have
> presented substantive or stylistic problems that increase the time required
> for editing. Students are encouraged to write book notices, though a
> faculty supervisor must agree to approve the book notice before it is
> submitted to the editor. Book notices are due within three months after
> the reviewer receives the book; this insures that works are reviewed in a
> timely fashion.
>
> The number of singly authored reviews and book notices by any one reviewer
> may not exceed 10 per year. Also, a single reviewer may appear as the
> (co-)author on as many as 15 submissions in one year. This means that in
> addition to 10 singly-authored reviews/notices, a reviewer may additionally
> have 5 co-authored reviews/notices in one year. (Note, however, that these
> limits are subject to change, and reviewers would be advised to check with
> the review editor if they approach these limits.)
>
> Additional information on writing reviews and book notices for Language can
> be found at the Language Reviews website
> (http://www.as.uky.edu/linguistics/language_reviews/).
>
> Please note again that notices for the books on this list will not be
> published in the print version of Language; instead, they will be published
> online in eLanguage.
>
> Please feel free to circulate this list to colleagues.
>
> Requests may be made to:
>
> Language Reviews
> c/o Gregory Stump
> Department of English
> University of Kentucky
> 1215 Patterson Tower
> Lexington, KY 40506-0027
>
> Language-Revs-L at LSV.uky.edu
>
> If requesting by e-mail, please include the address to which we should send
> the book for which you wish to write a notice.
>
> Books available for book notices to appear in eLanguage (not in the print
> journal Language, which will shortly cease publication of book notices):
>
> ***
>
> Locher, Miriam A. 2006. Advice online. Advice-giving in an American
> internet health column. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Pp. xvi,
> 277.
>
> ***
>
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> LINGUIST List: Vol-18-46
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>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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>
> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:31:25 -0700
> From: joshua raclaw
> Subject: Fwd: 18.31, Review: AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW
>
> I thought this might be of interest given the nature of this list. The
> Linguist
> List is looking for someone to write a review of David Crystal's (2001)
> Language
> and the Internet - I've been in touch with them about it and apparently it's
> still up for review despite the older publication date.
>
> Maybe a five-years-since-Netspeak-and-beyond kind of review
> would be an
> interesting contribution? Details below.
>
>
> Joshua Raclaw - PhD student
> Department of Linguistics
> Culture, Language & Social Practice
> Women and Gender Studies
> University of Colorado at Boulder
> http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~raclaw/
> http://sociocmc.blogspot.com
>
>
>
> -------------------------Message 1
> ----------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:45:40
> From: Chas Warner < chas at linguistlist.org >
> Subject: AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW
>
>
> The following books are now available for review on the LINGUIST List. If
> you
> are interested in reviewing any of these books, please contact Chas Warner
> no
> later than 20 December at:
>
> chas at linguistlist.org
>
> We have included links to the Publishers' announcements of these books on
> LINGUIST, so that you can easily get more information about them. When
> asking to
> review a book, include the following in your message. PLEASE DO THIS EVEN IF
> YOU
> HAVE GIVEN US THIS INFORMATION BEFORE! Also, if you have received a book for
> review from us but have not yet submitted your review, do not ask for new
> books
> to review until you have submitted the review you owe us.
>
> 1. The bibliographic information about the book you wish to review. (Please
> copy
> and paste it from this announcement.) If you are interested in more than one
> book, list them in order of preference, no more than five, please.
> 2. Your full name and highest academic degree received.
> 3. Your current affiliation if any.
> 4. A short description of your research interests, especially as they
> pertain to
> the book(s) you are interested in.
> 5. A postal address to which the book should be sent.
>
> If you are selected to review a book, we or the Publisher will mail you a
> copy.
> Instructions for preparing your review can be found at
> http://linguistlist.org/pubs/reviews/guidelines.html.
> Reviews are to be
> completed within SIX WEEKS of receipt of the book. If you find you are
> unable to
> complete your review in a timely fashion, you should return it to us so that
> we
> can select another reviewer for it.
>
> ************************************************************
> THESE BOOKS WERE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED. THEY ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW.
>
> Author: Crystal, David
> Title: Language and the Internet
> Publisher: Cambridge University Press
> Year: 2001
> ISBN: 0521802121
> Announced in:
> http://linguistlist.org/issues/12/12-1984.html
>
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