7.93, Books: History of Ling, Romance Ling, Socioling

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-7-93. Mon Jan 22 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  131
 
Subject: 7.93, Books: History of Ling, Romance Ling, Socioling
 
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------------------------------New Books-------------------------------------
 
HISTORY OF LINGUISTICS
 
     Frederick J. Newmeyer, GENERATIVE LINGUISTICS
     Here together for the first time are all of Frederick J. Newmeyer's
     writings on the origins and development of generative grammar.
     Spanning a period of fifteen years, the essays in GENERATIVE
     LINGUISTICS address the nature of the "Chomskyan Revolution", the deep
     structure debates of the 1970s, The Chicago Linguistic Society, the
     structure of the field of linguistics and its consequences for women
     and the attempts to apply generative theory to second language
     aquisition. These articles, many of which have never been published
     before, will inevitably fan the flames of controversy still raging in
     the field. Newmeyer's audacious conclusions and his argument that
     generative semantics collapsed because it was empirically disproved
     challenge much current thinking.
     History of Linguistic Thought
     Routledge: 1995: 224 pp
     HB: 0 415 11553 1: #C0697: $49.95: L30.00
     Available for Discussion
 
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ROMANCE LINGUISTICS
 
     Wendy Ayres-Bennett, A HISTORY OF FRENCH THROUGH TEXTS
     This new history of French combines texts and extracts with a readable
     and detailed commentary enabling the language to be viewed both
     synchronically and diachronically. Core texts range from the ninth
     century to the present day and highlight central features of the
     language, while a range of shorter texts illustrate particular points.
     The inclusion of non-literary as well as literary texts serves to
     illustrate some of the many varieties of French from legal,
     scientific, epistolary,
     administrative or liturgical or more popular domains, including
     attempts to represent spoken usage. Forty short texts are presented
     and explored from a variety of angles, covering such areas as
     spelling, grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation.
     Routledge: 1995: 328 pp
     HB: 0 415 09999 4: #D2071: $69.95: L45.00
     PB: 0 415 10000 3: #D2075: $19.95: L14.99
 
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SOCIOLINGUISTICS
 
     Kira Hall and Mary Bucholtz, eds., GENDER ARTICULATED
     Language and the Socially Constructed Self
     GENDER ARTICULATED forges new connections between language-related
     fields and feminist theory. Refuting apolitical, essentialist
     perspectives on language and gender, the essays presented here examine
     a range of cultures, languages and settings. They explicitly connect
     feminist theory to language research. Some of the most distinguished
     scholars working in the field of language and gender today discuss
     such topics as Japanese women's appropriation of "men's language," the
     literary representation of lesbian discourse, the silencing of women
     on the Internet, cultural mediation and Spanish use at New Mexican
     weddings and the uses of silence in the Anita Hill-ClarenceThomas
     hearings.
     Routledge, New York: 1996: 448 pp
     HB: 0 415 91398 5: #D0032: $69.95: L45.00
     PB: 0 415 91399 3: #D0036: $22.95: L14.99
     Available for Discussion
 
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        http://www.routledge.com/routledge.html
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