Subject: new books

the modern language society of helsinki is pleased to announce the publication of vol . 52 in its series memoires de la societe neophilologique de helsinki : to explain the present , studies in the changing english language in honour of matti rissanen , edited by terttu nevalainen and leena kahlas - tarkka . helsinki : societe neophilologique . 1997 . ( 503 p . usd 50 . ) the volume contains 29 articles on english corpus linguistics and the historical study of the english language by internationally recognized contributors . it was presented to professor matti rissanen on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday in june 1997 . contributors : part i : from old to early modern english : norman f . blake , fran colman , antonette dipaolo healey , risto hiltunen , dieter kastovsky , matti kilpio , roger lass , anneli meurman - solin , bruce mitchell , saara nevanlinna , michiko ogura , kirsti peitsara , antoinette renouf , fred c . robinson , irma taavitsainen and paivi pahta part ii : from early modern english to the present day : john anderson , douglas biber and edward finegan , manfred gorlach , stig johansson , barbara kryk - kastovsky , merja kyto and suzanne romaine , geoffrey leech and jonathan culpeper , magnus ljung , helena raumolin - brunberg and arja nurmi , mats ryden , jan svartvik and alex chengyu fang , ingrid tieken - boon van ostade , gunnel tottie , susan wright . previous volumes in the series : vol . 45 ( 1987 , 591 p . usd 48 . 00 ) neophilologica fennica ( societe neophilologique 100 ans , neuphilologischer verein 100 jahre , modern language society 100 years ) , edenda curavit leena kahlas - tarkka . vol . 46 ( 1987 , 192 p . usd 29 . 00 ) leena kahlas - tarkka , the uses and shades of meaning of words for ' every ' and ' each ' in old english , with an addendum on early middle english developments . vol . 47 ( 1988 , 248 p . usd 36 . 00 ) irma taavitsainen , middle english lunaries : a study of the genre . vol . 48 ( 1988 , 104 p . usd 14 . 00 ) roberto e marjatta wis , angel ganivet in finlandia . studio biografico e testi ( con 32 tavole ) . vol . 49 ( 1989 , 285 p . usd 43 . 00 ) matti kilpio , passive constructions in old english translations from latin , with special reference to the oe bede and the pastoral care . vol . 50 ( 1991 , 308 p . usd 43 . 00 ) helena raumolin - brunberg , the noun phrase in early sixteenth - century english : a study based on sir thomas more 's writings . vol . 51 ( 1991 , 314 p . usd 43 . 00 ) terttu nevalainen , but , only , just : focusing adverbial change in modern english 1500-1900 . all volumes are available from : tiedekirja bookshop kirkkokatu 14 , fin-00170 helsinki , finland fax : + 358 - 9-635017 for further information , please contact < pekka . kuusisto @ helsinki . fi > or visit the homepage of the modern language society < http : / / www . helsinki . fi / jarj / ufy / > .
