In this Issue

Table of Contents

Endangered languages: On endangered languages and the safeguarding of diversity

Ken Hale
pp. 1-42
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0052
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The world's languages in crisis

Michael Krauss
pp. 4-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0075
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Local reactions to perceived language decline

Lucille J. Watahomigie, Akira Y. Yamamoto
pp. 10-17
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0076
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A constitutional response to language endangerment: The case of Nicaragua

Colette Craig
pp. 17-24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0077
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An institutional response to language endangerment: A proposal for a Native American Language Center

LaVerne Masayesva Jeanne
pp. 24-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0078
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Doing Mayan linguistics in Guatemala

Nora C. England
pp. 29-35
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0073
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Language endangerment and the human value of linguistic diversity

Ken Hale
pp. 35-42
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0074
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Topic and focus in Mayan

Judith L. Aissen
pp. 43-80
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0017
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The Greenbergian word order correlations

Matthew S. Dryer
pp. 81-138
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0028
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Discussion Note

Palatalization in Japanese mimetics: Response to Mester and Itô

Lawrence Schourup, Ikuhiro Tamori
pp. 139-148
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0040
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Reviews

Autosegmental and metrical phonology By John A. Goldsmith (review)

Keren Rice
pp. 149-156
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0068
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An introduction to phonetics and phonology By John Clark and Colin Yallop (review)

Abigail C. Cohn
pp. 156-159
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0006
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An essay on stress By Morris Halle and Jean-Roger Vergnaud (review)

Juliette Blevins
pp. 159-165
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0032
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Mother of Writing: The origin and development of a Hmong Messianic script By William A. Smalley, Chía Koua Vang, and Gnia Yee Yang, and: Hmong Njua: Syntaktische Analyse einer gesprochenen Sprache mithilfe datenverarbeitungstechnischer Mittel und sprachvergleichende Beschreibung des südostasiatischen Sprachraumes By Bettina Harriehausen (review)

William Bright
pp. 165-171
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0044
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Élőnyelvi tanulmányok: Az MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézetében 1988. október 5-6-án rendezett élőnyelvi tanácskozás előadásai. [Studies of the living language: Papers from the Living Language Conference at the Linguistics Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, October 5-6, 1988] Edited by Lajos Balogh and Miklós Kontra (review)

Jeffrey Harlig
pp. 171-175
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0057
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Melanesian Pidgin and the Oceanic substrate By Roger M. Keesing (review)

John Victor Singler
pp. 176-182
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0010
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Roman Jakobson on language Edited by Linda R. Waugh and Monique Monville-Burston (review)

Morris Halle
pp. 182-186
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0021
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Finnisch-ugrische Sprachforschung: von der Renaissance bis zum Neupositivismus By Gunter Johannes Stipa (review)

Lyle Campbell
pp. 186-188
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0048
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Japanese/Austro-Tai By Paul K. Benedict (review)

David B. Solnit
pp. 188-196
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0061
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The London-Lund Corpus of Spoken English: Description and research Edited by Jan Svartvik (review)

W. Nelson Francis
pp. 196-199
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0072
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An encyclopaedia of language Edited by N. E. Collinge (review)

Jane H. Hill
pp. 200-202
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0025
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Linguistic theory in second language acquisition Edited by Suzanne Flynn and Wayne O'Neil (review)

Sara Thomas Rosen
pp. 202-206
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0036
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English focus constructions and the theory of grammar By Michael S. Rochemont and Peter W. Culicover (review)

Peter Coopmans
pp. 206-210
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0065
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Papers from the Second International Workshop on Japanese Syntax Edited by William J. Poser (review)

John B. Whitman
pp. 211-215
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0003
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Theoretical perspectives on Native American languages Edited by Donna B. Gerdts and Karin Michelson (review)

Willem J. de Reuse
pp. 215-221
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0014
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Book Notices

Dimensioni della linguistica Ed. by Maria-Elisabeth Conte, Anna Giacalone Ramat, and Paolo Ramat (review)

Gerardo A. Lorenzino
p. 222
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0042
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Current research in natural language generation Ed. by Robert Dale, Chris Mellish, and Michael Zock (review)

Greg Lessard
pp. 222-223
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0054
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Conversational competence and social development By Ioanna Dimitracopoulou (review)

Elizabeth O'Dowd
pp. 223-224
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0019
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Meaning and mental representations Ed. by Umberto Eco, Marco Santambrogio, and Patrizia Violi (review)

Mary Ellen Scullen
pp. 224-225
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0030
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History from below: The 'Vocabulary of Elisabethville' by André Yav: Text, translations, and interpretive essay By Johannes Fabian (review)

Charles Gilman
pp. 225-226
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0059
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Current progress in Chadic linguistics Ed. by Zygmunt Frajzyngier (review)

M. L. Bender
pp. 226-227
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0070
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Discourse and the translator By Basil Hatim and Ian Mason (review)

John Sivell
pp. 227-228
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0008
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Essentials of Functional Grammar: A structure-neutral theory of movement, control, and anaphora By George M. Horn (review)

Masataka Ishikawa
p. 228
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0023
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The indigenization of Pali meters in Thai poetry By Thomas John Hudak (review)

Tadao Miyamoto
p. 229
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0034
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Abstraction and instance: The type-token relation in linguistic theory By Christopher M. Hutton (review)

Edgar W. Schneider
pp. 229-230
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0046
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Report on Russian morphology as it appears in Zaliznjak's grammatical dictionary By Eeva Ilola and Arto Mustajoki (review)

George Fowler
pp. 230-231
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0063
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The alchemy of English: The spread, functions, and models of non-native Englishes By Braj B. Kachru (review)

W. N. Francis
pp. 231-232
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0001
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Second language writing: Research insights for the classroom Ed. by Barbara Kroll (review)

Ruth E. Ray
pp. 232-233
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0012
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Essays on anaphora By Howard Lasnik (review)

Edwin Battistella
pp. 233-234
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0051
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Utterance particles in Cantonese conversation By Kang Kwong Luke (review)

Dana S. Bourgerie
pp. 234-235
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0016
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Reception and response: Hearer creativity and the analysis of spoken and written texts Ed. by Graham McGregor and R. S. White (review)

Ronald K. S. Macaulay
pp. 235-236
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0027
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Thought and language (review)

Paul Saka
pp. 236-237
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0039
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Greek mythology and poetics By Gregory Nagy (review)

Marta Gomez Diaz
p. 237
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0005
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Practicing linguist: Essays on language and languages 1950-1985, vol. II: On languages By Ernst Pulgram (review)

Douglas C. Walker
pp. 237-238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0056
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Lexical semantics without thematic roles By Yael Ravin (review)

Edwin Battistella
pp. 238-239
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0067
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Psychology of language: An introduction to sentence and discourse processes By Murray Singer (review)

Paul Deane
p. 239
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0031
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An essay on grammar-parser relations By Jan van de Koot (review)

Paola Merlo
pp. 239-240
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0043
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Politically speaking: The pragmatic analysis of political language By John Wilson (review)

Mary Jane Hurst
pp. 240-241
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0009
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The Editor's Department

pp. 242-243
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0020
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Publications Received

pp. 244-250
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.1992.0071
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