Andrews and workbook both available through U of O Press

[John D. Comegys]

I just now ordered both the J. Richard Andrews text and the workbook through the
University of Oklahoma Press, BUT the workbook is incorrectly listed in the
catalogue as a softcover edition of the text, so I TELEPHONED IN my order and
explained it and was told the books would ship today. (1-800-627-7377 number good
in US and Canada)

John Comegys

Michael Mccafferty wrote:

> I've tried to get this book through Amazon.com but without success, even
> though it is ostensibly offered by that company. I did get the workbook
> weeks ago through Amazon.com. I imagine if you want the text, you have to
> go through U of OK Press.
>
> Michael McCafferty
>
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, John F. Schwaller wrote:
>
> > The University of Oklahoma Press has just released the revised and expanded
> > edition of J. Richard Andrews', _Introduction to Classical Nahuatl_.  This
> > is a completely revised and much more thorough analysis of Nahuatl than the
> > first edition, published by Texas in 1975.  The book costs $74.95 while the
> > workbook to accompany the text costs $39.95.  This book is an essential
> > tool for the serious student of Nahuatl.
> >
> > For more information about this book please go to the University of
> > Oklahoma Press web site:
> > http://www.oupress.com/bookdetail.asp?isbn=0-8061-3452-6
> >
> > The promotional literature for the books reads as follows:
> >
> >
> > >For many years, J. Richard Andrews's Introduction to Classical Nahuatl has
> > >been the standard reference work for scholars and students of Nahuatl, the
> > >language used by the ancient Aztecs and the Nahua Indians of Central
> > >Mexico. Andrews's work was the first book to make Nahuatl accessible as a
> > >coherent language system and to recognize such crucial linguistic features
> > >as vowel length and the glottal stop. Accompanied by a workbook, this
> > >long-awaited new edition is extensively revised, enlarged, and updated
> > >with the latest research.
> > >
> > >The revised edition is guided by the same intentions as those behind the
> > >first. Andrewss approach is "anthropological," teaching us to understand
> > >Nahuatl according to its own distinctive grammar and to reject
> > >translationalist descriptions based on English or Spanish notions of
> > >grammar. In particular, Andrews emphasizes the nonexistence of words in
> > >Nahuatl (except for the few so-called particles) and stresses the nuclear
> > >clause as the basis for Nahuatl linguistic organization. Besides an
> > >increase in the number of chapters (from forty-eight to fifty-seven,
> > >including a more detailed treatment of place names), the new edition
> > >contains an innovative approach to personal names and the introduction of
> > >the square zero to indicate irregular morphological silence. The
> > >accompanying workbook provides exercises linked to the text, a key to the
> > >exercises, and an extensive vocabulary list.
> > >
> > >J. Richard Andrews, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and of Spanish and
> > >Portuguese at Vanderbilt University, is considered the foremost living
> > >authority on the Classical Nahuatl language. He is the author of Juan del
> > >Encina: Prometheus in Search of Prestige and coauthor of Patterns for
> > >Reading Spanish.
> >
> >
> > John F. Schwaller
> > Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean
> > 315 Behmler Hall
> > University of Minnesota, Morris
> > 600 E 4th Street
> > Morris, MN  56267
> > 320-589-6015
> > FAX 320-589-6399
> > schwallr at mrs.umn.edu
> >
> >
> >
>
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