Themes in Greek linguistics: Papers from the First International Conference on Greek Linguistics, Reading, September 1993 Ed. by Irene Philippaki- Warburton, Katerina Nicolaidis, and Maria Sifianou (review)

428 LANGUAGE, VOLUME 74, NUMBER 2 (1998) compilers have adopted the good practice ofdirecting the reader to a Batad Ifugao entry, i.e. indexing a simple Batad Ifugao form in whose extended commentary the equivalent to the English expression will be found. This dictionary is well organized and easy to use. It is an admirable addition to the other dictionaries ofPhilippine languages. It is a pleasurejust to browse through it. In the United States, the dictionary is available only through the International Academic Bookstore, 7500 West Camp Wisdom Road, Dallas, TX 75236. [Philip W. Davis, Rice University.] Themes in Greek linguistics: Papers from the First International Conference on Greek Linguistics, Reading, September 1993. Ed. by Irene PhilippakiWarburton , Katerina Nicolaidis, and Maria Sifianou (Current issues in linguistic theory, 117.) Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1994. Pp. xvii, 534. The First International Conference on Greek Linguistics (ICGL) was organized by Irene PhihppakiWarburton and Katerina Nicolaidis who, together with Maria Sifianou, are also responsible for the publication of the papers presented at the conference. The main title ofthe volume is somewhat misleading in that the vast majority of the papers deals with Modern Greek (MG). The papers are organized thematically into six sections . Section I contains the papers ofthe four invited speakers: George Babiniotis on the contribution of contemporary linguistics to the teaching ofMG, Dimitra Theophanopoulou-Kontou on the application of generative grammar to MG syntax, Brian Joseph on weak subjects and the pro-drop parameter in MG, and Angeliki Malikouti-Drachman on recent approaches to some problems of MG phonology. Section II consists of twenty papers dealing with particular theoretical and descriptive issues in the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of MG such as aspect, case, clitics, mood, and verb movement, within current models such as principles and parameters , head-driven phrase structure grammar, lexical functional grammar, and relevance theory. Section III contains six papers dealing with various issues in the phonology and phonetics of MG such as intonation , lingual articulation, and the phonology-morphology interface. Section IV contains ten papers on discourse and style dealing with such issues as linguistic attitudes, metaphor, miscommunication, and politeness. Section V brings together twenty papers on Ancient and MG dialects such as Macedonian, Cappadocian, Cypriot, and Pontic, and on social and geographical varieties, diglossia, and language acquisition . Section VI contains six papers on the use of computers for the analysis, translation, and teaching of MG. An index of authors and an extremely useful index of topics and languages rounds off this well-produced volume. As is often the case with unrefereed conference proceedings, the quality of the contributions varies considerably. At the same time, however, it is clear that MG linguistics enjoys a healthy interaction between linguistic theory and description, including a commendable attention to social and geographical variation. The Greek language, with its long and amply documented history and its many, often radically diverging dialects, has many important insights to offer to theoretical linguists of all persuasions. The behavior of the Greek clitic pronouns is a case in point. Whereas the stress behavior of clitic groups is fairly straightforward in Standard MG, dialects such as Cappadocian evince a remarkable variation in this respect. The same holds, mutatis mutandis, for the distribution of object clitic pronouns in Standard MG vis-à-vis such dialects as Rhodian, Chian, and, again, Cappadocian. In Pontic, probably the most deviant dialect of MG, the erstwhile object clitic pronouns have become full-fledged affixes resulting in a dramatic reinterpretation of the trisyllabic constraint typical of Standard MG. The present collection of papers is a welcome addition to the literature in both Greek and general linguistics . [Mark Janse, Linguistic Bibliography, The Hague/University of Ghent.] The linguistic shaping ofaccounting. By Ahmed Riahi-Belkaoui. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1995. Pp. x, 171. This book is aimed at 'those interested in accounting issues, including professional accountants, business executives, teachers and researchers, and students'. Not evidently linguists; hence perhaps the linguist has only himself to blame if he looks for something interesting here. The author, however, is not simply toying with the word 'linguistic' in his title. Each chapter of this short book applies some more or less technical notion from linguistics as a sort of heuristic...