Subject: new book : germanic linguistics

we would like to bring to your attention this new book from john benjamins publishing in the field of germanic linguistics : germanic linguistics . syntactic and diachronic rosina lippi - green & joseph salmons ( eds . ) 1996 viii , 192 pp . current issues in linguistic theory , 137 us / canada : cloth : 1 55619 592 3 price : us $ 47 . 00 rest of the world : cloth : 90 272 3641 0 price : hfl . 110 , - - john benjamins publishing web site : http : / / www . benjamins . com for further information via e-mail : service @ benjamins . com this volume contains ten revised and expanded papers selected from the dozens presented at the last michigan - berkeley germanic linguistics roundtable , five contributions each from syntax ( by werner abraham , sarah fagan , isabella barbier , john te velde , and ruth lanouette ) and historical linguistics ( by garry davis and gregory iverson , mary niepokuj , neil jacobs , edgar polome , and david fertig ) . the authors start from current theoretical discussions in syntactic and diachronic research , using theory to address longstanding but still current problems in germanic linguistics , from clitic placement and verb-second phenomena through the ' verschurfung ' to the twaddellian view of umlaut . each contribution relies on careful sifting of data situated in the relevant comparative context , germanic , indo - european and cross-linguistic . for further information please e-mail bernadette keck : service @ benjamins . com
