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BOOK REVIEWS87 Perhaps the most valuable feature of the book, however, is not its exposition, good as it is, but rather its wealth of illustrative material and the "quick checks," "examples and comments," and "applications" sections included in every chapter. The "quick checks" are brief problems (followed by the answers) which enable the reader to guage and reinforce his comprehension. The "examples and comments" are intended to provide material for discussion and deeper thought. The "applications" suggest projects and assignments which give the student guidance in putting to use the material in the chapter. Taken together, these three sections provide more than ample material for quizzing and for interesting, significant classroom discussion and group and individual projects outside the classroom. In general, Weddle's book has the virtues of clarity, concision, and interest — virtues which will make it enjoyable as well as useful in any classroom in which the methods of clear thinking are important. DENNIS HOILMAN, Ball State University Announcements Pacific Northwest American Studies Association Conference April 16-18, 1981: Pacific Northwest American Studies Association, University of Idaho, Moscow. Theme: "The American Sense of the Land"; sessons on Thoreau, Wendell Berry, American ruins, "Feminist Re-Visions," national parks, a "living-history" museum, railroads and engineers; speaker: John Keeble, author of Yellowfish; for information write David Barber, English, UI, Moscow 83843. Travel and Study in Mexico /' Travel and study in Mexico, June 14-July 27, 1981. Earn 9hours of grad/undergraduate credit in English and Humanities. Courses offered: Man in 20th Century Mexico, Naturalism in American Literature, and The Fantastic in Literature. Information: Marshall Tymn, English Department, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197, Phone: (313) 487-0155. LASSO, The Linguistic Society of the Southwest Austin, TX, October 22-24, 1981. Abstracts (not to exceed 1 page) are invited 88ROCKY MOUNTAIN REVIEW for the annual meeting of the Linguistics Association of the Southwest. Topics may include phonology, syntax, semantics, bilingualism/language contact, psycholinguistics, language acquisition, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, language pedagogy, linguistic analysis of literature. Papers are encouraged in other languages. Presentation is a privilege of LASSO membership (send $10.00 membership, $5.00 students and retired to Tom Woodell , Secretary, Department of English, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77004). Papers will be limited to 15 minutes; no papers will be read in absentia; The Journal of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest will have first rights to consider papers for publication. ...