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  • Books Received/Livres reçus

This list acknowledges receipt of recent works bearing on the scientific study of language. Although reviews are solicited regularly, we do not guarantee that all books received will be reviewed. Individuals interested in submitting a review should make prior arrangements to that effect with the book review editor. Electronic copies of reviews are sent to the publishers of the works in question. Receipt of individual books cannot be acknowledged nor can books be returned to the publisher.

La liste qui suit recense les ouvrages récemment reçus relatifs à l’étude scientifique du langage. Quoique nous sollicitions régulièrement des comptes rendus, nous ne pouvons garantir que tous les livres reçus en feront l’objet. Toute personne désireuse de soumettre un compte rendu est priée d’obtenir l’accord préalable du rédacteur des comptes rendus. Les éditeurs des ouvrages recensés recevront une copie électronique des comptes rendus. Nous ne pouvons faire parvenir aucun accusé de réception ni retourner les livres aux éditeurs.

Ahenakew, Freda and H.C. Wolfart. 2010. Piko kîkway ê-nakacihtât: kêkêk otâcimowina ênêhiyawastêki. Mitoni ê-âh-itwêt mâna Cecilia Masuskapoe, itasinahamiyiwa ôhi nîso. In the series Memoir 21. Winnipeg: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics. Pp. vi + 178. US $30.00 (softcover).
Akmajian, Adrian, Richard A. Demers, Ann K. Farmer, and Robert M. Harnish. 2010. Linguistics: An introduction to language and communication. 6th ed. Cambridge, MA/London: MIT Press. Pp.xiv + 630. US $45.00 (softcover).
Alkire, Ti and Carol Rosen. 2010. Romance languages: A historical introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp.ix + 377. US $41.00 (softcover).
Allen, P. James. 2010. Middle Egyptian: An introduction to the language and culture of hieroglyphs. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xi + 511, US $49.99 (softcover).
Altenberg, Evelyn P. and Robert M. Vago. 2010. English grammar: Understanding the basics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xii + 272. US $29.99 (softcover).
Amberber, Mengistu, Brett Baker, and Mark Harvey, eds. 2010. Complex predicates: Cross-linguistic perspectives on event structure. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. viii + 322, US $99.00 (hardcover).
Ansaldo, Umberto. 2011. Contact languages: Ecology and evolution in Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xvii + 257. US $99.00 (hardcover).
Ariel, Mira. 2010. Defining pragmatics. In the series Research Surveys in Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xviii + 330, US $44.99 (softcover).
Batchelor, R.E. and Miguel Angel San José. 2010. A reference grammar of Spanish. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xviii + 553. US $70.00 (softcover). [End Page 297]
Bermudez, Jose Luis. 2010. Cognitive science: An introduction to the science of the mind. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xxv + 492. US $60.00 (softcover).
Biber, Douglas and Susan Conrad. 2009. Register, genre, and style. In the series Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. viii + 344. US $37.99 (softcover).
Biberauer, Theresa, Anders Holmberg, Ian Roberts, and Michelle Sheehan. 2010. Parametric variation: Null subject in Minimalist theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. vi + 368. US $110.00 (hardcover).
Bigelow, Martha H. 2010. Mogadishu on the Mississippi: Language, racialized identity, and education in a new land. In the series Language Learning Monograph Series. Oxford/Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. Pp. xii + 185, CDN $43.95 (softcover).
Blommaert, Jan. 2010. The sociolinguistics of globalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xvi + 213. US $34.99 (softcover).
Boberg, Charles. 2010. The English language in Canada: Status, history and comparative analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xvii +272. $110 (hardcover).
Boeckx, Cedric, Norbert Hornstein, and Jairo Nunes. 2010. Control as movement. In the series Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 126. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. x + 262. US $99.00 (hardcover).
Bohnemeyer, Jürgen and Eric Pederson, eds. 2011. Event representation in language and cognition. In the series Language, Culture and Cognition 11. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xiii + 282, US $95.00 (hardcover).
Bowers, John. 2010. Arguments as relations. In the series Linguistic Inquiry Monograph 58. Cambridge, MA/London: MIT Press. Pp. xii+ 239. US $25.00 (softcover).
Branigan, Phil. 2011. Provocative syntax. In the series Linguistic Inquiry Monograph 61. Cambridge, MA/London: MIT Press. Pp. x + 176, US $30.00...

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