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lappin , shalom ( editor ) , ( school of oriental and african studies , london ) the handbook of contemporary semantic theory december 1995 6 3 / 4 x 9 3 / 4 608 pages 0-631 - 18752 - 9 hardcover this volume provides a comprehensive view of the central issues in contemporary semantic theory . new articles by leading researchers in the field give an introductory account of previous work along with a presentation of new innovations and results . thus the handbook is both an authoritative guide to the major developments of linguistic semantics and a significant contribution to the current research . the articles in the handbook are written in an accessible style and include detailed references . in addition , the volume includes an extensive central bibliography which is intended to serve as a research tool for students and linguists working in the field . blackwell publishers : phone : ( 800 ) 216-2522 fax : ( 802 ) 864-7626 email : blkwell @ world . std . com goldsmith , john a . ( university of chicago ) the handbook of phonological theory january 1995 6 3 / 4 x 9 3 / 4 1000 pages 0-631 - 18062 - 1 hardcover $ 79 . 95 the handbook of phonological theory brings together a detailed examination of the state of phonological theory in this decade . in a series of essays on topics as varied as underspecification theory , prosodic morphology , and syllable structure , 37 leading phonologists offer a critical survey of the leading and guiding ideas that lie behind the research in this active area of linguistic research . in all cases , the contributions have been written by leading workers in the areas which they discuss , and in many of the cases , the chapters of the handbook are the first published expositions of new perspectives which have already begun to shape the climate of research in the field . blackwell publishers : phone : ( 800 ) 216-2522 fax : ( 802 ) 864-7626 email : blkwell @ world . std . com fletcher , paul and macwhinney , brian ( editors ) , ( university of reading and carnegie mellon university ) the handbook of child language 1994 6 3 / 4 x 9 3 / 4 786 pages 0-631 - 18405 - 8 hardcover $ 79 . 95 this volume , in its twenty-five definitive papers on normal and non-normal language development , represents the authoritative and up-to - date complete sourcebook on child language development . all aspects of child 's language development are addressed , including phonetics , phonology , grammar , and lexical development . connectionism and government-binding theory , as applied to development , are fully represented . the relevance of input , cognition and social factors to language development is explored . chapters on methodology , particularly using computer databases , are provided for both normal and non-normal acquisition . blackwell publishers : phone : ( 800 ) 216-2522 fax : ( 802 ) 864-7626 email : blkwell @ world . std . com gottlieb , a . & murphy , m . l . beng-english dictionary ( with english-beng index ) . 1995 . xxv + 116 pp . prepaid u . s . check or money order , us $ 11 . 50 + 3 . 50 p&h ( us ) / 5 . 00 ( can ) / 5 . 50 ( other ) . iulc publications , 720 e . atwater ave . , bloomington in 47401 . < iulc @ indiana . edu > this is the first dictionary of this southern mande language of the cote d ' ivoire . with over 2000 headwords plus many idiomatic phrases , it provides linguistic and cultural information . an introduction on the sociolinguistic status of beng , and a section on its phonology and grammar are included .
