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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED This listing acknowledges the receipt of recent works (except offprints of single articles) that appear to bear on the scientific study of language. The receipt of individual books cannot be separately acknowledged, and no book can be returned to the publisher. Note especially that, by accepting a book, the Editor implies no promise that it will be reviewed in this journal. Reviews are printed as circumstances permit, and copies are sent to the publishers of the works reviewed. Abbi, Anvita. Semantic universels in Indian languages. Rasthrapati Nivas, India: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1994. Pp. vii, 113. Anales del Instituto de Lingüística 16 (1993). Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 532 (1994). Anthropological linguistics 36:1 (1994). Archiv orientální 61:3 (1993). Ayman, Lily. A Persian reader: Book One. Bethesda, MD: Iranbooks, 1994. Pp. 104. Paper $9.95. Babel: International journal of translation 39:4 (1993). Bachnik, Jane M., and Charles J. Quinn, Jr. (eds.) Situated meaning: Inside and outside in Japanese self, society, and language. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994. Pp. xviii, 309. Backhouse, A. E. The Japanese language: An introduction. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. viii, 196. Paper $12.95. Bader, Françoise. Anagrammes et allitérations. Paris & Louvain: Peeters, 1993. Pp. 89. Paper BEF 700.00. Bakhtin, M. M. Toward a philosophy of the act. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1994. Pp. xxiv, 106. Cloth $25.00, paper $9.95. Béjoint, Henri. Tradition and innovation in modern English dictionaries (Oxford studies in lexicography and lexicology). New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. xii, 276. Cloth $45.00. Berman, Ruth A., and Dan Isaac Slobin. Relating events in narrative: A crosslinguistic developmental study. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994. Pp. xiv, 748. Cloth $99.95. Biber, Douglas, and Edward Finegan (eds.) Sociolinguistic perspectives on register. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. xi, 385. Cloth $65.00. Bloom, Paul (ed.) Language acquisition: Core readings. New York: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993. Pp. ix, 622. £17.95. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 57:1 (1994). Byrne, Francis, and Donald Winford (eds.) Focus and grammatical relations in Creole languages (Creole language library, 12). Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1993. Pp. xvi, 329. Catalan working papers in linguistics 3:1 (1993). Charniak, Eugene. Statistical language learning. Cambridge, MA & London: MIT Press, 1993. Pp. xx, 170. Cloth $25.00. Clark, Eve V. The lexicon in acquisition. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993.Pp. xii, 306. Cloth $44.95. College English 56:4 (1994). Computational linguistics 20:1 (1994). Coulmas, Florian. Language and economy. Oxford, UK & Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1994. Pp. xii, 377. Cloth $49.95. Cuadernos de filología clásica: Estudios griegos e indoeuropeos 3 (1993). Cushing, Steven. Fatal words: Communication clashes and aircraft crashes. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1994. Pp. xiv, 162. Cloth $23.50. Davis, Kathryn Anne. Language planning in multilingual contexts: Policies, communities, and schools in Luxembourg (Studies in bilingualism, 8). Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1994.Pp. xix, 220. Di Giorgi, Sigfrido. The syntactic structures of English classified and explored by means ofJespersen 's formulas. Torino, Italy: Genesi Editrice, 1994. Pp. xxv, 188. Lira 30.000. 625 626LANGUAGE, VOLUME 70, NUMBER 3 (1994) Di Sparti, Antonino. Lingue a meta: Plurilinguismo e emigrazione di ritorno in Sicilia. Palermo, Italy: Centro di Studi Filologici e Linguistici Siciliani, 1993. Pp. xvi, 312. Diachronica: International journal for historical linguistics 11:1 (1994). Die Sprache: Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft 35:2 (1991-3). Dil Dergisi, Ankara University, 13-14 (1993). Dummett, Michael. The seas of language. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. Pp. xvii, 482. Cloth $49.95. English world-wide: Ajournai of varieties of English 14:2 (1993). Farrell, Patrick. Thematic relations and relational grammar. New York & London: Garland, 1994. Pp. xiv, 285. Filologiceskie nauki 5-6 (1993). Fine, Jonathan. How language works: Cohesion in normal and nonstandard communication (Advances in discourse processes, 51). Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1994. Pp. xxiii, 286. Fourie, David J. Mbalanhu. München & Newcastle: Lincom Europa, 1993. Pp. 42. Paper $1 1.10. Frazer, Timothy C. (ed.) "Heartland" English: Variation and transition in the American Midwest. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 1993. Pp. xi...

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