Publications received published In:
Historiographia Linguistica
Vol. 6:3 (1979) ► pp.417430
References

Note: This listing acknowledges the receipt of recent studies that seem to bear on linguistics, in particular the history of the discipline. Only the receipt of those books will be acknowledge separately which have been sent upon request. It should be pointed out that by accepting a book, the Editor implies no promise that it will be reviewed in HL. Reviews are printed as circumstances permit, and offprints are sent to the publishers of the works reviewed.

Acta Philologica . No. 7 . Warszawa : Wydanictwa Uniwersytetu War-szawskiego , 1978 , 174 pp. [ The issue contains, inter alia, an appraisal of the work of the late Alfred Reszkiewicz (b. 1920, d.1973), “Professor A. R. on the English Language” (524), by Stefan Konderski, Piotr Ruszkiewicz and Jerzy Wełna; Stephen H. Goldman, “Toward a New Theory of Dianchronic Analysis” (39–59), and Piotr Ruszkiewicz, “Jan Baudouin de Courtenay’s Theory of the Grapheme” (111–28) .]
eds 1979 . La Grammatica: Aspetti teorioi e didattici . (= Pubblicazioni della Società di Łinguistica Italiana, 13:I-II .) 21 vols. Roma : Bulzoni editore , X, 257, and VII, [261-] 618 pp. [= “Atti del IX Congresso internazionale di Studi, Roma, 31 maggio – 2 giugno 1975”, with a brief “Premessa” by the Society’s president, Paolo Ramat (I, ix-x). The vols, consist of 3 major parts, I, “Le grammatiche”; II, “La didat-tica”, and III, “Alcuni problemi”. Part I includes contributions by Miklós Fogarsi, Franco Lo Piparo, Renzo Titone, and others; Part II prints the papers by Gaetano Berruto, Monica Berretta, Cristiano Castelfranchi et al.; Part III carries papers by Tullio De Mauro ‘e altri’, Donna Jo Napoli, Walter Geerts, Mario Saltarelli, Gustav Ineichen, and many others. There is an author’s index (II, 607–13) and a subject (’degli argomenti’) index (615–18) .]
Ars semeiotica: International journal of American semiotic , Vol. 11 , No. 1 ( Amsterdam : John Benjamins , 1979 ), 132 pp. [ Nos.1–3 published 1977–78 form Vol.1; for details, see HL 4:3.422 (1977) .]
. 1979 . La Sémiotique des encyclopédistes: Essai ď’épistémologie historique des sciences du langage . Paris : Payot , 333 pp. [ The study of the 18th-century ‘grammairiens-philosphes’ consists of the following major chaps., each subdivided into 5 or 6 sections: I, “Signe et signification” (19–67); II, “Conséquences immédiates de la structure ternaire: (69–113); III, “Théories des idées” (115–58); IV, “Une syntaxe sémantique” (159–240), and V, “L’objet langue” (241–311). There is en epilogue, “Figure de l’Encyclopédie” (313–25). The back matter consists of an Index nominum (327–29), and an Index rerum (330–33) .]
eds. 1979 . Integrale Linguistik: Festschrift für Helmut Gipper . Amsterdam : John Benjamins , XIII, 817 pp. Bound, Hf1.160.- . [ Individual contributions – made on the occasion of H. Gipper’s 60th birthday (on 9 Aug. 1979) – are organized under the following headings: I, History of Linguistics; II, Theory of Language; III, Language Analysis; IV, Interdisciplinary Aspects of Linguistic Research. – Section I consists of the following contributions: “Zeichen erster und zweiter Ordnung in der Sprache [with particular regard of the classical tradition and medieval philosophy and theology]” by Hennig Brinkmann (311); “Der Fall [Arthur] Schopenhauer [(1788–1860)]: Ein dunkles Kapitel in der deutschen Sprachphilosophie” by Eugenio Coseriu (13–19) – cf. Stan J. Scott’s note on Schopenhauer and Indie philosophy in HL 4.273–76 (1977); “Ganzheitliche Sprachauffassung vor Wilhelm von Humboldt: Christian Jakob Kraus (†1806)” by Hartwig Franke & Kristina Franke (21 to 40); “Franz Nikolaus Finck und die Idee einer semantischen Logik (Zu einem wissenschaftsgeschichtlichen Skandal)” by Johannes Lohmann (41–67), and “Ueber das hypothetische in der Sprache1 bei [the philosopher and scientist Johann Heinrich] Lambert [(1728–77)]” by Gerold Ungeheuer (69–98). Contributors to the other sections are, inter alia: Karl-Otto Apel, Shirô Hattori, Alfred Hoppe, Guram Ramischwili, Adam Schaff, Hans Schwarz, Werner Abraham, Horst Geckeier, Johann Knobloch, Peter Schmitter, and Leo Weisgerber. There is no index; the back matter consists of a list of H. Gipper’s publications (1950–1978), compiled by Elke Füssmann (803–17) .]
. 1979 . The Problem of shwa in Sanskrit . Oxford : Clarendon Press , X, 132 pp. Cloth , P.St.8.00 . [ In this monograph the author consolidates his view, first enunciated in his 1949 article, “Shwa in Sanskrit”, TPS 1949.22–61, according to which that original long vowels contain a reduced grade -a- rather than the traditionally assumed -ә-in Indo-European (and that the ‘shwa’ could be dispensed with). “The final section is devoted to the question of this -i- which has been erroneously derived from the hypothetical shwa.” (Preface, vi). After a critical survey of the literature (from Brugmann to the present day) in Part I (1–31), the author sets forth his own argument in Parts II-V (32–90); conclusion (91–116). Bibliography (117–18); Index of citation forms of Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi, Avestan, and many other languages (119–30) .]
Cahiers de l’Institut du Moyen-Âge grec et latin, publiés par le directeur de l’Institut . Copenhague : Université de Copenhague , No. 30 ( 1979 ), 104 pp. ; 8 plates . Contents : Bent Dalsgaard Larsen , “ Les traités de l’Âme de Saint Maxine et de Michel Psellos dans le Parisinus Graecus 1868 ” ( 1–32 ); Brian McGuire , “ Structure and Consciousness in the ‘Exorduium magnum Cister-ciense’ [by the Cistercian monk Conrad (d. ca.1222)]:The Clair-vaux Cistercians after Bernard ” ( 33–90 ), and Adam Bülow-Jacob-sen , “ Some Considerations on the Quality of Microfilms of Manuscripts ” ( 91–104 ).]
ed. 1979 . Papers of the Tenth Algonquian Conference’ . Ottawa : Carleton Universsity , II, 236 pp. [ Papers given at the Conference held at Fredericton, New Brunswick, 27–29 Oct. 1978, by Gordon Day, John Hewson, William Simmons, H. Christoph Wolfart, Philip L. Barbour, Robert M. Leavitt, Brian Craik, Vincent O. Erickson, Richard J. Preston, Richard A. Rhodes, and many others .]
ed. 1979 . Boethii Daci Opera: Quaes-tiones super IVm Meteorologicorum . (= Corpus Philosophorum Danicorum Medii Aevi, 8 .) Copenhagen : G. E. C. Gad , XXVI, 140 pp. Paper , DKr.100.- . [ This is the first edition, from manuscripts, of Boethius the Dane’s commentary of Book IV of Aristotle’s Meteorologica. The front matter, which includes two plates of one of the manuscript located at the Biblioteca Anglica in Rome, consists of the following sections: “Le manuscrit” (vii-viii), “Authenticité et datation du texte [after 1260]” (ix-xviii), “Structure du texte” (xix to xxiii), and “Notre edition” (xxiv-xxv). The back matter (following the critical text, pp.1–116) consists of a “Table des questions” (117–20), a “Table bibliographique” (121–22), a “Table des auteurs cités [in Boethius’ work]” (123–27), and a very detailed “Index des mots” (128–40) .]
. 1979 . 25 Years’ Phonological Comments . (= Internationale Bibliothek für Allgemeine Unguis tik, 31 .) München : Wilhelm Fink Verlag , 262 pp. Paperbound , DM 68.- . [ This vol. brings together various of the author’s discussions of the phonological theories of others, individual scholars or ‘schools’, published between 1941 (when the author was 30 years old) and 1967. They include her review, here translated into English, of the Danish original of L. Hjelmslev’s Prolegomena (1943), a review article on K. L. Pike’s American English Intonation (1946), and several papers devoted to a critical analysis of various theoretical aspects of the work by the Copenhagen school, notably by Hjelmslev and Hans-Jørgen Uldall. The first publication of her 1975 paper presented at the 8th Intl. Congress of Phonetic Sciences held in Leeds (238–52) rounds off the collection. The back matter consists of a list of references to the first (and at times subsequent) publication of the papers (253–54), an index of names (255–57), and an index of subjects (258–62) .]
ed. 1978 . Recent Developments in Historical Phonology . (= Trends in Linguistics; Studies and Monographs, 4 .) The Hague – Paris – New York : Mouton Publishers [Distribution through Walter de Gruyter, Berlin & New York] , XI, 455 pp. Cloth , DM 120,- . [ The volume prints 24 out of 28 papers originally prepared for and discussed at the International Conference on Historical Phonology held at Ustro-nie (Poland) on 17–20 March 1976 under the auspices of the Institute of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań. The contributors include: Henning Andersen, Raimo Anttila, Jerzy Bańczerowski, Wolfgang Dressler, Martin B. Harris, Henry M. Hoenigswald, Roger Lass, James D. McCawley, Witold Mańczak, and many others. Most papers address themselves to language specific problems or general theoretical issues; the languages analysed include a number outside traditional Indo-European linguistics: Japanese, Korean, Finnish, and others. Index of authors (449–55) .]
ed. & transí. 1979 . Wilhelm von Humboldt: Brief an M. Abel-Rémusat, Heber die Natur grammatischer Formen im allgemeinen und über den Geist der chinesischen Sprache im besonderen , (= Grammatica universalis; Meisterwerke der Sprachwissenschaft und der Sprachphilosophie, 17 .) Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt : Friedrich Frommann Verlag (Günter Holzboog) , 297 pp. [ Translation of Wilhelm von Humboldt’s famous essay, addressed to the French Sinologist Jean-Paul-Abel Rémusat (who, in 1815, received the first chair in this field at the Univ. of Paris), Lettre à M, Abel-Rémusat sur la nature des formes grammaticales en général et sur le génie de la langue chinoise en particulier (Paris, 1827), preceded by an introd. article, containing an historical survey of the position of Chinese in the linguistic debates since the last third of the 17th century (9–16). The ‘letter’ only is translated here; Abel Rémusat’ s “Avertissement” (V-VII) and his “Observations sur la lettre précedente” (1827:97–122) were left out. Following the translation of the 1827 text (17–88), there is a sub-stantive study by the translator-editor, “Zur philosophischen Grammatik des Altchinesischen im Anschluss an Humboldts Brief” (91–279). To this is appended a detailed bibliography (280–93), and an index of names, languages, and terms (294–97). – Price for the cloth-bound vol.: DM 148,- ]
( with the assistance of James Cook ) ed. 1977 . Semiotic and Significs: The correspondence between Charles S[antiago Sanders] Peirce and Victoria Lady Welby . Bloomington & London : Indiana Univ. Press , XXXV, 201 pp. [ The book prints, with many explanatory notes appended, the correspondence between Peirce (1839–1914) and Lady Welby (1837–1912), following the publication of her book of 1903, What is Meaning? Studies in the development of signifies (London: Macmillan), and Summer 1911, less than a year before Lady Welby’s death (1–153). There is a valuable introduction (XV-XXXIV) providing useful background information; the back matter (157–201) consists of 7 appendices, namely, A) Peirce’s review of Lady W’s book (157–59); B) “Irwin C. Lieb on Peirce’s Classification of Signs”, first published in 1953 (160–66); C) Lady W’s article, “Signifies”, originally published in the 11th ed. of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (XXV, 1911, 78–81) – here: pp.167–75); D) “J. W. Slaughter to Peirce” (176–77) concerning a collection of essays on signifies that never materialized; E) “Essays by Lady Welby” (178–84), from MSS sent by her to Peirce; F) “List of Drafts by Peirce [in the Houghton Library of Harvard University]” (185–88), and G) draft of a letter (of July 1905) from Peirce to Lady W. (189–201). There is no index .]
1979 . The French Dialect of St.Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands: A descriptive grammar with texts and glossary . Ann Arbor, Mich. : Karoma Publishers, Inc. , VII, 350 pp. Paper , $8.95 . [“ This work surveys the ethnolinguis-tic history of the Frenchtown community of St. Thomas … It traces the history if this … isolate from its 17th-century origins in St.Barthelemy through its mid-19th-century migration to St.Thomas and its subsequent development as a linguistic community”. The study consists of the following major chaps.: I, “Ethnohistory of the Carenageois” (1–27); II, “General Approach and Methodology” (27–37); III, “St. Thomas French Dialect, Standard French and French Creole” (38–42); IV, “Phonology” (43–54): V, “Morpho-Syntax” (55124), and VI, “Lexicon” (125–45). There follows an Appendix consisting of text-transcriptions (146–227) and a Glossary (228–347), and a Bib. (348–50) .]
ed. 1979 . The European Background of American Linguistics. Papers of The Third Golden Anniversary Symposium of the Linguistic Society of America . Dordrecht/Holland : Foris Publications , VI, 180 pp. Paper , DF1. 29.50 . [ Papers from the Symposium held on 27 Dec. 1974 at the Annual Meeting of the LSA held in New York, the volume consists of the following items: “introduction” by Einar Haugen (1–3); “The Past up to the Introduction of Neogram-marian Thought: [William Dwight] Whitney [(1827–94)] and Europe” by Rosane Rocher (5–22), with a detailed bib. of Whitney (19–22); “Linguistics as a Science: The case of the comparative method” by Rulon Wells (23–61); “[Michel] Bréal [(1832–1915)] vs. [August] Schleicher [(1821–68)]: Linguistics and philology during the latter half of the nineteenth century” by Hans Arens (63–106); “Aspirations, Organization, Achievement” (107–19) by Yakov Malkiel; “Linguistics in America 1924–1974: A detached view” by E[ugenio] M[arius] Uh-lenbeck (121–44), followed by a ‘Discussion of the papers by Yakov Malkiel and E. M. Uhlenbeck’ by D[onald] Terence Lan-gendoen (145–53) and a Rejoinder by Uhlenbeck (153–57) and a ‘Surrejoinder’ by Langendoen (157–59). The concluding contribution is Roman Jakobson’s address, “The Twentieth Century in European and American Linguistics: Mouvements and continuity” (161–73). “Index of Names” (175–80) compiled by S. A. Jameson .]
. 1978 . Six Lectures on Sound and Meaning . With a Preface by Claude Lévi-Strauss . Translated from the French by John Mepham . Cambridge, Mass. & London : MIT Press , XXVI, 116 pp. Cloth , $12.50 . [ Original French edition, Paris: Editions de Minuit, 1976. These lectures go back to presentations made by Jakobson in 1942 following his appointment to a professorship in general linguistics at the Ecole libre des Hautes Etudes of New York; the French draft was edited by Emmanuel Claude Jacquart for publication. Lévi-Strauss’ preface (xi-xxvi) both elucidates the background of Jakob-son’s lectures and its present-day worth taking into account advances in linguistics during the past two decades. Jakobson’s 6 lectures discuss (post-) Saussurean views readers of his later writings will be thoroughly familiar with, though the present papers may offer a much more comprehensive criticism of Saussure. The book has no bibliographical references, and no index .]
. 1979 . The Sound Shape of Language . Bloomington & London : Indiana Univ. Press , XII, 308 pp. Cloth , $17.50 . [ The book is an attempt of a synthesis of Jakobson’s views of the ‘ultimate constituents’ of language. There are four major divisions of the study: I, “Speechs Sounds and their Tasks” (3–79); II, “Quest for the Ultimate Constituents” (80–121); “The Network of Distinctive Features” (122–76), and IV, “The Spell of Speech Sounds” (177–231). The back matter consists of an “Afterword” (233237), an Appendix, consisting of Jakobson’s paper presented in August 1966 at the 18th International Congress of Psychology held in Moscow, and first published in ZPhon 21.920 (1968), a detailed list of bibliographical references (249–99), and both an index of languages (300–302) and of ‘topics discussed’ (303–08). The range of the study is wide and offers much of interest to historians of linguistics as well. Compare the reference to Christoph Friedrich Hell-wag’s (1754–1835) vowel triangle (126–27), the section “Early Search” (9–13), which sketches phonetic insights from the ancients to Saussure, the points of contact between Jost Winteler (1846–1929) and Albert Einstein (p.17), etc., not to mention the frequent references to the work of 19th and early 20th century pioneers in linguistics such as Baudouin de Courtenay and Kruszewski, Georg von der Gabelentz (18401893), Edward Sapir, Gyula Laziczius (1896–1957), and many others .]
Journal for the History of Arabio Science , Vol. 1 , No. l ( May 1977 ). [ Published by the Institute for the History of Arabic Science, University of Aleppo, Syria, the contributions are in Arabic, English, French, and German. It is devoted to research in medieval Arabic-Islamic exact sciences, technology, medicine and pharmacy .]
. 1979 . The True Interpreter: A history of translation theory and practice in the West . Oxford : Basil Blackwell , XI, 282 pp. Cloth , P.St. 15.00 . [ The study, which is greatly inspired by Jean Darbelnet and Jean-Paul Vinay’s 1958 Stylistique comparée du français et de l’anglais, constitutes more of a discussion of the major issues in and problems of translation (theory) than an historical account of the development of translation theory. However, much historical background is provided to any of the topics discussed. The vol. consists of the following chaps.: 1) “Translation and Language Theory” (7–33); 2) “Models and Definitions” (34–67); 3) “Translations and their Functions”; 4) “Approaching the Text”; 5) “Linguistics and Lexicon” (68–10, 109–130, and 131–56, respectively); 6) “Linguistics and Translation Structure” (157–78); 7) “Message, Style and Form” (179–204); 8) “Rights and Duties: ‘Fidus Interpres’?” (205–18), and 9) “Theory of Translation?” (219–27). After an appendix and notes there follows a Bibliography (253–74) and an index of names and terms (275–82) .]
. 1979 . Morphologization: Studies %n Latin and Romance Morphophonology . (= Linguistische Arbeiten, 71 .) Tübingen : Max Niemeyer , X, 139 pp. Paper , DM 36.- . [ The study has 2 parts, “Theory” and “Illustrations”, subdivided into 6 chaps, altogether: 1) “Current proposals concerning morphologization” (1–11); “[Mikołaj] Kruszewski’s [(1851–87)] Veber die Lautabwechslung [(1881)]” (12–22) – cf. Klausen-burger’s appraisal of Kruszewski in HL 5:1/2.109–20 (1978) – 3) “A comprehensive theory of morphologization” (23–36); 4) “Latin” (37–54), and 5) “French” (55–83), followed by 6) “Romance” (84–114). There is a summarizing part, “Implications” (115–26), subdivided into “Dissection of Part II”, “Motivation”, and “What is morphologization?”. The back matter consists of a ‘List of Tables’ (127), bibliographical references (128–35), and an index of authors (136–39) .]
. 1979 . Istorija lingvisti-česnix učenij [ History of linguistic science ]. Moskva : Izd. “Prosveščenie” , 224 pp. Cloth , 80 kop. [ A condensed survey, in 15 chaps., of the history of linguistics from the Classical Indian grammarians to present-day Russian work in the field. The organization follows more or less the traditional model, with a brief account of the Greek and Roman contribution and a chap, on the pre-1800 period. There are individual chaps, devoted to Humboldt (48–54), Schleicher (5566), and Saussure (110–16), and of course to various trends and schools. The back matter consists of an index of authors with full names and life-dates (217–21), followed by a detailed table of contents (222–24) .]
Linguisticae Investigations . Tome III1 , Fascicule 1 ( Amsterdam : John Benjamins , 1979 ), 209 pp. [ The issue contains the following article of interest to historians of linguistics: Sylvain Auroux, “La querelle des lois phonétiques” (1–27) .]
Malmberg, Bertil . 1911’. Signes et symboles: Les bases du langage humain . (= Connaissance des langues, 11 .) Paris : A. & J. Picard , [III], 455 pp. [ This book, consisting of 23 self-contained articles, is devoted, by and large, to the concepts underlying and the principles to be developed in a semiologically informed semantics’ although developing Saus-surean ideas further, considerable attention is given to pre-Saussurean ideas in the field and, at the same time, to the question of the various, real and supposed, sources of Saus-sure’s theoretical inspiration. The chaps, are entitled as follows: “Concepts et termes” (9–30); “La notion du signe chez les philosophes et les grammairiens jusqu’au XVIIe sièc-le: Observations de [Michel] Foucault”; “Le signe aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles: De [Etienne Bonnot de] Condillac [(1715–1780)] à [Wilhelm von] Humboldt [(1767–1835)] et aux compa-ratistes [i.e., Rasmus Rask (1787–1832) – the other scholars Malmberg is referring to, Grimm, Hermann Paul, Georg von der Gabelentz, etc., cannot justly be called 1comparati(vi)sts’] (60–77); “La formes des signes: Parallélisme structural entre contenu et expression” (78–92); “Du schéma de Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) au signe saussurien. Linéarité et arbitraire. Schémas de [Adolf] Noreen [(1853–1924)] et de [Gustave] Guillaume [(1875–1960)]”; “Le débat postsaussurien autour de ľarbitraire du signe” (93–130 and 131–45, respectively) ; “Le débat postérieur en dehors du camp saussurien. Quelques contributions importantes” (146–63); “[Leo] Weisgerber [(b. 1899)]-[Eric] Buyssens [(b.1909)]- [Louis] Hjelms-lev [(1899–1965)]” (164–87); “Le point de vue de [Emile] Ben-veniste [(1902–75)]” (188–209); “Les ‘Eléments’ de Roland Barthes [(b.1915)]” (210–17); “Les signes de [Maurice] Mer-leau-Ponty [(1908–61)]” (218–24); “Paul Valéry [(1871–1945)] et les signes” (225–40); “Points de vue sur la traduction” (241–70); “La loi de Jakobson [dans la structuration sémio-tique]” (271–83); “Symbolisme et expressivité phonétiques. Expressions motivées et contenus prévisibles. Etymologies” (284–309); “Matériaux romans (de J[ohn] Orr, de I[van] Pauli, de K[urt] Baldinger, de B[engt] Hasselroth et de H[enry] et R[enée] Kahane)” (310–30); “La pensée et la langue chez [Esaias] Tegnér [(1843–1928)], F [erdinand] Brunot [(18601938)] et H[enri] Delacroix [(1924)]” (331–43); “Forme et substance du contenu” (344–60); “Contenue et référent. Syno-nymie” (361–76); “Ecriture et parole” (377–82); “Les grands signes et les fonctions symboliques” (383–411); “La structure des textes. Le style” (412–28); “Du symbole au signe. Origine et évolution du langage humain, l’individu et l’es-pece” (429–47). “index nominum (449–54) .]
. 1979 . Allgemeine Sprachkunde . (= Grammatica universalis; Meisterwerke der Sprachwissenschaft und Sprachphilosophie, 14 .) Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt : Frommann-Holzboog , 32*, 258 pp. [ Facs.-repr. of a text originally published in Braunschweig in 1796 authored by I. Mertian (1766 to 1843), an Alsatian clergyman and schoolmaster. Herbert E. Brekle has added informative material to the reprint: “Biographisches” (9*-12*), followed by a bib. of Mertian’s publications (13*-14*) and secondary sources (14*). There is further a detailed biobibliographical listing of authors cited by Mertian (from Johann Christoph Adelung (1732–1806) to Johann Peter Uz (1720–96), 15*-22*), and in particular an introductory article, “Überblick über Positionen und Zielsetzungen von Mertians Allgemeine Sprachkunde” (23*32*) .]
. 1979 . The Neo-Firthian Tradition and its Contribution to General Linguistics . (= Linguistische Arbeiten, 73 .) Tübingen : Max Niemeyer , X, 223 pp. Paper , DM 52,- . [ The monograph, originally a 19 78 dissertation submitted at the Univ. of Frankfurt, Germany, consists of the following major chaps.: I, “Introduction”, providing for a brief methodological and historical perspective of the study (1–14); II, “The background to the Neo-Firthian tradition” (15–44), in which in particular the work of John Rupert Firth (18901960) and his influence in Britain, but also his own background (esp. the impact of Bronislaw Malinowski’s anthropological work on him) is sketched; III, “The foundations of Neo-Firthian Linguistics”, which treats the concepts and principles of Firthian linguistics (45–81); IV, “Language functions and linguistic systems” (82–98); V, “The ideational component” (99–128), and VI, “The organisation of discourse” (129–63) and VI, “The interpersonal component” (164183), which are devoted to recent developments in speech-act theory and pragmatics. VIII, “Conclusions” deals with Firth’s legacy, the sociolinguistic and semiotic theories of post-Firthians, and their importance to modern linguistics (184–94). There is a very useful, compact Glossary of (Neo-)Firthian terms and concepts (195–212), and a select bibliography (213–23), but no index .]
Obščestvennye nauki v SSSR [ Social sciences in the U.S.S.R ]; serija : Jazykoznanie [ Linguistics ], Nos. 2 and 3 ( 1979 ), 237 and 224 pp. [ Part I of both both issues carry items under the general heading of ‘The History and Modern State of Linguistics’ – this is the translation supplied by the compilers, who have recently begun to print an English table of contents of each individual issue devoted to Russian linguistics (on pages 915), which greatly facilitates perusal of the issues which appear in quick succession, namely, 6 times a year. No.3 contains, inter alia, a review of S. V. Smirnov’s monograph, Fe-dor Ivanovič Buslaev (1818–1897) (Moscow: Izd. Moskovskogo Univ., 1978), by F, M. Berezin (15–16) .]
Obščestvennye nauki za rubežom [ Social sciences abroad ]; serija 6 : Jazykoznanie [ Linguistics ], No. 2–3 ( 1979 ), 205 and 219 pp. , respectively . [ No.2 contains, inter alia, reviews of Linda R. Waugh, Roman Jakobson’s Science of Language (Lisse: P. de Rid-der Press, 1976), by G. S. Klyčkov (13–17), and of Murray Cohen, Sensible Words: Linguistic practice in England, 1640–1785 (Baltimore: Jobas Hopkins Univ. Press, 1977), by the same reviewer (18–21). No.3 contains, among others, a review of Irene Monreal-Wickert, Die Sprachforschung der Aufklärung im Spiegel der großen französischen Enzyklopädie (Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 1977), by S. A. Romaško (9–12) .]
. 1979 . Formalization’ of Trubetzkoy’s Phonology . (= Meddelanden från Stifteisens for Åbo Akademi Forskningsinstitut, 42 .) Åbo : Publications of the Research Institute of the Åbo Akademi Foundation , XVII, 191 pp. [ The dissertation which applies logical tools and set theory to a rigorous formulation of the phonological theory advanced in Trubetzkoy’s Grundzüge of 1939 consists of the following major sections (following the general introduction): “Fundamental concepts and assumptions of phonology” (10–26); “The aims of phonology according to the first sections of Grundzüge der Phonologie” (27–29); “Trubetzkoy’s basic theory and its ‘practical’ rules of application” (30–45); “Formalizations of the abstract version of Trubetzkoy’s basic theory” (46–135), and “Formalizations of Trubetzkoy’s theory concerning the concepts of relevant feature, phonemic content, and various kinds of distinctive oppositions” (136–73). The back matter consists of a “List of publications referred to in the text” (179), an “Index of formal and semi-formal concepts” (180–83), and 2 appendices of formal proofs (184–91) .]
eds. 1979 . Hans Georg Conon von der Gabelentz: Erbe und Verpflichtung . (= Linguistische Studien; Reihe A: Arbeitsberichte, 53 .) Berlin : Akad. der Wissenschaften der DDR; Zentralinstitut für Sprachwissenschaft , VIII, 242 pp. [ This vol. dedicated to the work and the legacy of the general linguist and specialist of Oriental languages, Georg von der Gabelentz (18401894), includes inter alia the following items: “Hans Georg Conon von der Gabelentz: Erbe und Verpflichtung” by the editors and 5 (!) other authors (1–58), which offers a thorough account’of Gabelentz’s scientific biography (6ff.); “Der Beitrag von H. G. C. von der Gabelentz’ zur Entwicklung der Allgemeinen Sprachwissenschaft” (59–74) by Brigitte Bartschat; “Für die kritische Aneignung des Gabelentz-schen Erbes auf dem Gebiet der altchinesischen Grammatik” (75–92) by Klaus Kaden; “Probleme der Wortklassifikation und die ‘Kategorien’ bei Georg von der Gabelentz” (93–113) by Georg F(riedrich) Meier, and “Kriterien zum Nachweis genetischer Sprachverwandtschaft” by Heinz Fähnrich (114–21). On pp.229–42, there is a very detailed “Bibliographie für Hans Georg Conon von der Gabelentz” compiled by Klaus Kaden and Manfred Taube, with the collaboration of Karin Westphal. In the section “Literatur über Georg von der Gabelentz” (p. 242) on misses Henri Cordier’s (1849–1925) obituary published in T’oung Pao 5.425–28 (1894), which was reprinted, with additional notes, in HL 1.428–31 (1974) .]
ed. 1979 . Phonology. Part I: An Anthology of European Structuralism . Katowice : Uniwersytet Slaski , 260 pp. [ This reader destined for students of English consists of the following sections, each containing between 1 and 3 excerpts from publications that appeared between 1916 (Saussure’s Cours) and 1972 (Josef Vachek’s Paper, “The Linguistic Theory of the Prague School”): I, “General Back-roun ground” (9–68), consisting of two well-known papers by Roman Jakobson (on Sweet and on the Kazan School, the latter translated into English for the first time); I B, “The Bau-douinian Notion of the Phoneme” (69–77), consisting of 2 papers by Baudouin de Courtenay (1868, 1927) and Henryk Uła-syn’s paper of 1931 (on the ‘morphoneme’); Section II, “The Geneva School” (88–100); III, “The Prague School” (101–33); IV, “The British School” (134–93), and V, “The Copenhagen School” (194–219). The back matter consists of the List of Sources (220–22), a bibliography (223–50), and an index of languages and authors (250–56), and an index of terms (257260) .]
ed. 1979 . Carteggio Rajna-Salvioni . (= Biblioteca degli studi mediolatini e volgari, N.S. 4 .) Pisa : Pacini Editore , 260 pp. [ After an informative introduction (9–47) the volume prints hitherto unpublished letters exchanged between Pio Rajna (1847–1930) and Carlo Sal-vioni (1858–1920) during 1885 and the year of Salvioni’s death (pp.51–226). These 139 letters and postcards (48 by Salvioni, 91 by Rajna) have been annotated by the editor. The main topic appears to be that discussed in the years 1908–10 (in ca. 40 letters), namely, the project of an ‘Atlante dialettogico italiano’. In 2 appendices 2 contemporary items have been reproduced: I, “Relazione di Pier Gabriele Goidànich suli’Atlante dialettale italiano’” (229242), and II, a letter by Clemente Merlo to Salvioni of 3 Nov. 1909, devoted to the same subject (243–44). There are many bibliographical footnotes and references. There is in addition an ‘Indice lessicale’ (253–58) containing the items discussed in the correspondence and a regular name index (247–51) preceding it .]
. 1979 . The Ethnography of Variation: Selected Writings on Pidgins and Creoles . Edited and translated by T(homas) L(loyd) Markey , with an Introduction by Derek Bick-erton . (= Linguistica Extranea, 3 .) Ann Arbor : Karoma Publishers , XXII, 152 pp. Paper , $4.50 . [ Apart from the introductory matter mentioned in the title, the selection from Schuchardt’s (1842–1927) writings on pidgins and creoles of the period 1882–1914 has been enriched by a number of additional notes (109–33 passim) and a thoroughly researched bibliography (135–52), especially where Sch.’s own sources are concerned. The translations into English have been somewhat abridged, at times only extracts of larger works (for instance of Sch’s work on Saramaccan of 1914) have been made. Their original languages of publication were French or German; they appeared in a variety of places, ranging from the Paris journal “Romanica” (11.589–93, 1882) “Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letternkunde”(33.123–35, 1914) .]
Sciences of Language: The Journal of the Tokyo Institute for Advanced Studies of Language . No. 7 ( Tokyo , March 1979 ), III, 202 pp. [ Except for Jadranka Gvozdanović’s contribution, “Descriptive and Explanatory Adequacy and Co-Existing Language Analysis” (181–91), the articles printed in the present number are in Japanese. Contributors are, apart from Shirô Hattori, the Institute Director and Editor of the Journal, Shôsuke Haraguchi, Humike Yoneshige, Tadanori Okuno and Tadao Maruto. The topics range from phonetic aspects of Korean and Japanese to grammatical features of English .]
Sigma: Revue annuelle . No. 3 ( 1978 ). Montpellier : Publication du C E.L,A.M., Université Paul Valéry , [IX], 168 pp. [ For editorial information, see HL 4:3.448 (1977); the current issue contains papers, in English and French, on theoretical and philosophical issues in linguists as well as a few devoted to particular grammatical problems, by Jacques Bouveresse, René Rivara, D. J. Hirst, and others .]
Sprachwissenschaft 3 : 1 ( 1978 ), 117 pp. Heidelberg : Carl Winter Univ.-Verlag . [ The issue contains the following paper of interest to historians of linguistics: Wolfgang Blümel, “Zu den methodischen Grundsätzen der junggrammatischen Richtung” C83–96) .]
. 1979 . Glossologie oder Philosophie der Sprache. Erster Versuch: Ueber die innere Natur der Sprache; Zweiter Versuch: Über die äußere Darstellung, über die Erlernung . Faksimileneudruck der Ausgabe Wien 1786 , mit einer Einleitung von Herbert E. Brekle . (= Grammatica universalis; Meisterwerke der Sprachwissenschaft und Sprachphilosophie, 13 .) Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt : Frommann-Holzboog , 34*, [VIII], 68; 4 & 63 pp. [ The 2, essays’ authored by Thomas (1752–96) appear to be his only published works; indeed, little else is known of the Suabian born scholar (cf. p.5*). The editor supplied a full list of the authors cited by T. in his two treatises (from Adelung to Xenophon, ll*-24*) and wrote an evaluation of T’s argument (25*-34*) .]
Tre latinske Grammatikker: Donatus – Fundamentum – Regulae . Trykt af Gotfred af Ghemen i København 1493 og udgivet i Facsimile ved Københavns Universitets 500-års Jubilaeum af Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab . Copenhagen : Munksgaard ( for The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters ), 1979 , XV, 271 pp. Cloth, DKr.150 .- [ The volume contains a facs.-repr. of 3 Latin grammars, one originally printed by the Dutch printer Gotfred of Ghemen in Copenhagen in 1493, namely, an edition/version of Donatus minor ([3]-34) and two more advanced Latin grammatical treatises, Fundamentum scholarium adapted from H. Quentell’s 1492 Cologne printing, which in turn constitutes an adaptation of Remigius, and the Regulae largely based on Alexander of Villa Dei’s Doctrinóle (pp.37–111 and 115–208/210, respectively). Pp.213–14 reproduces a Lund fragment of a grammatical treatise. (Text 2 was printed by Terkel Kleve (1710–77), called Klevenfeldt, text 3 by Henrich Henrichsen (1715–80), called Hielmstierne.) The Afterword consists of a portion by Erik Dal devoted to giving an overview of the grammars printed by Gotfred of Ghemen (219–31), and another by Jan Pinborg devoted to the grammatical tradition (232–55), with notes on pp.255–57 and 257–60, respectively. All commentaries are in Danish, except for an English summary of the 2 postwords (261–63 and 263–71, respectively) .]
Vardar, Berke ed. & transí. Ferdinand de Saussure: Genel di-bilim dersleri . [Part] 2 . Ankara : Türk Dil Kurimu Yayinla-ri , 137 pp. [ Second instalment of the Turkish transl, of Saussure’s Cours, with a Turkish-French terminological index (131–37) .]