6.33 New Books: Historical ling, Phonology & Phonetics, Socioling

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Subject: 6.33 New Books: Historical ling, Phonology & Phonetics, Socioling
 
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HISTORICAL LING
 
Announcing
 
      LE LINGUE INDOEUROPEE (edited by Anna Giacalone Ramat and Paolo
      Ramat), Bologna, Casa Editrice Il Mulino, 1994
 
      The volume is intended to provide the state of the art on the
      IndoEuropean language family. Each chapter is devoted to one subgroup
       and covers phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical matters.
 
  Contents: E.Campanile, Antichita'indoeuropee. C.Watkins, Il Protoindo-
  europeo. B. Comrie, La famiglia linguistica indoeuropea: prospettive
  genetiche e tipologiche. R.Lazzeroni, Sanscrito. N.Sims-Williams, Le lingue
  iraniche. W.Winter, Tocario. S.Luraghi, Le lingue anatoliche, R. Ajello,
  Armeno. H.M. Hopenigswald, Greco. E.Vineis, Latino. D.Silvestri, Le lingue
  italiche. P.Sims-Williams, Le lingue celtiche. P.Ramat, Le lingue germaniche.
  H.Andersen, Le lingue slave. W.Schmalstieg, Le lingue baltiche, S.Demiraj,
  Albanese.      Subject Index Name Index
 
  Available from: Casa Editrice Il Mulino, Strada Maggiore 37, 40125 BOLOGNA
                   (Italy)
 
 
PHONOLOGY & PHONETICS
 
Taylor, Paul A.  A PHONETIC MODEL OF INTONATION IN ENGLISH.  1994. 172 pp.
     6x9 book, PREPAID US$25.00 + 3.50 p&h. IULC Publications, 720 E. Atwater
     Ave., Bloomington IN 47401-3634. <iulc at indiana.edu>  Phonetics.
Addresses the problem of relating the acoustic and phonological descriptions of
intonation. A multi-level approach and new description systems on the
phonological and phonetic levels are proposed. Computer algorithms attempt to
analyze and synthesize F0 contours using the new systems. Experiments and
results are presented.
 
 
SOCIOLING
 
THE DISCOURSE OF NEGOTIATION - Studies of Language in the Workplace
Edited by Alan Firth, Denmark           ISBN: 0-08-042400-7 Hardback
Viewing negotiations at a micro level of analysis, this book
focuses on a wide variety of settings, from industrial meetings
to comsumer helplines.
*Available for discussion*
 
Published October 1994 by Elsevier Science Ltd  Tel: +44 (0) 1865 843685
 
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