Subject: diachronica xv : 1

the spring 1998 issue of diachronica , vol . 15 , no . 1 , has just been published . it contains : _ articles _ michel ferlus , les syste ` mes de tons dans les langues viet-muong martin haspelmath , the semantic development of old presents : new futures and subjunctives without grammaticalization tomas riad , the origin of scandinavian tone accents donald winford , on the origins of african american vernacular english : a creolist perspective , part ii : linguistic features _ reviews _ gary bevington , where do words comes from ? an introduction to etymology . rev . by rex wallace jose ' del valle , el trueque s / x en el espan ~ ol antiguo . rev . by dieter wanner gereon franken , systematische etymologie : untersuchung einer ' mischsprache ' am beispiel des shakespeare - wortschatzes . rev . by terence odlin andreas jucker , historical pragmatics . rev . by nick nicholas christian lehmann , thoughts on grammaticalization . rev . by bernard comrie . _ miscellenea _ j . c . smith , report on the 13th international conference on historical linguistics saul levin , reply to bomhard 's review of levin ( 1996 ) _ publications received _ for subscription information , contact john benjamins publishers at < customer . services @ benjamins . nl > ; for submission information , contact konrad koerner < koerner @ uottawa . ca > or brian joseph < bjoseph @ ling . ohio-state . edu >
