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The logic of markedness. By Edwin L. Battistella New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. 179.
Yishai Tobin
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19 February 2026, pp. 832-834
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Response to Seidenberg and Hoeffner
Jeri J. Jaeger, Robert D. Van Valin, Jr., Alan H. Lockwood
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19 February 2026, pp. 123-128
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Seidenberg & Hoeffner (hereafter S&H) have presented a critique of our PET study of regular and irregular verb morphology in English, and have faulted it on five main points. We will address each of these points briefly in this reply.

The empirical base of linguistics: Grammaticality judgments and linguistic methodology. By Carson T. Schütze Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Pp. xv, 237.
Benji Wald
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19 February 2026, pp. 366-370
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On the chronology of sound changes in Tocharian. Volume I: From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Tocharian. By Don Ringe, Jr. (American Oriental series, 80.) New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society, 1996. Pp. xxv, 203.
Douglas Q. Adams
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19 February 2026, pp. 615-617
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The new philosophy and universal languages in seventeenth-century England: Bacon, Hobbes, and Wilkins. By Robert E. Stillman Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1995. Pp. 359.
Joseph L. Subbiondo
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19 February 2026, pp. 370-372
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The polysynthesis parameter. By Mark C. Baker. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xix, 556.
Jean-Pierre Koenig, Karin Michelson
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19 February 2026, pp. 129-136
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Context and binding in Japanese. By Masayo Iida. Stanford: CSLI Publications. 1996. Pp. xiii, 374. $49.95.
Takao Gunji
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19 February 2026, pp. 617-620
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Indigenous literacies in the Americas: Language planning from the bottom up. Ed. by Nancy H. Hornberger (Contributions to the Sociology of Language, 75.) Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996. Pp. 393. Cloth $141.45.
Akira Y. Yamamoto
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19 February 2026, pp. 834-838
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Possessives in English. By John R. Taylor Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Pp. xii, 368. $90.00.
Chris Barker, Maria Polinsky
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19 February 2026, pp. 838-844
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Current issues in comparative grammar. Ed. By Robert Freidin. Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996. Pp. xi, 382.
Mary Laughren
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19 February 2026, pp. 620-624
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Cognitive linguistics in the redwoods: The expansion of a new paradigm in linguistics. Ed. By Eugene H. Casad (Cognitive research, 6.) Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996. Pp. vii, 1011.
Margaret E. Winters
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19 February 2026, pp. 372-374
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Speech acts and conversational interaction. By Michael L. Geis. Cambridge, New York & Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xiv, 248.
Peter Tiersma
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19 February 2026, pp. 137-139
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L’enfant aux deux langues. By Claude Hagège. Paris: Éditions Odile Jacob, 1996. Pp. 298.
H. Stephen Straight
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19 February 2026, pp. 139-142
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Disorderly discourse: Narrative, conflict, and inequality. Ed. By Charles L. Briggs. (Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics, 7). New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. ii, 248. $49.95.
James Stanlaw
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19 February 2026, pp. 625-627
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English historical metrics. Ed. by C. B. McCully and J. J. Anderson Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xi, 257. $59.95.
R. D. Fulk
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19 February 2026, pp. 844-847
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The sounds of the world’s languages. By Peter Ladefoged and Ian Maddieson. Oxford Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1996. Pp. xxi, 426. Paper $31.95.
Geoffrey S. Nathan
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19 February 2026, pp. 374-376
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Writing and literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese. By Insup Taylor and M. Martin Taylor. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1995. Pp. 412. $68.00.
Mary S. Erbaugh
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19 February 2026, pp. 376-379
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Aspectual roles and the syntax-semantics interface. By Carol L. Tenny Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994.
Sara Thomas Rosen
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19 February 2026, pp. 847-850
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Logical form: From GB to minimalism. By Norbert Hornstein. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1995. Pp ix, 267.
Daniel L. Everett
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19 February 2026, pp. 142-146
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Al-kitaab fii taʕallum al-ʕarabiyya: A textbook for beginning Arabic, part 1. By Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1995. Pp. xxv, 514. (Includes a separate volume Alif baa: Introduction to Arabic letters and sounds, Pp. 202, 2 answer keys; 2 videotapes, 14 audiotapes.) - Elementary Arabic: An integrated approach: Student workbook. By Munther Younes. (Yale language series.) New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1995. Pp. xiv, 401. (Includes teacher’s manual. Pp. 101; 3 audiotapes.) $15.00.
Maher Awad
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19 February 2026, pp. 627-629
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The logic of markedness. By Edwin L. Battistella New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. 179.

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Response to Seidenberg and Hoeffner

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The empirical base of linguistics: Grammaticality judgments and linguistic methodology. By Carson T. Schütze Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Pp. xv, 237.

On the chronology of sound changes in Tocharian. Volume I: From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Tocharian. By Don Ringe, Jr. (American Oriental series, 80.) New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society, 1996. Pp. xxv, 203.

The new philosophy and universal languages in seventeenth-century England: Bacon, Hobbes, and Wilkins. By Robert E. Stillman Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1995. Pp. 359.

Review Article

The polysynthesis parameter. By Mark C. Baker. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. xix, 556.

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Context and binding in Japanese. By Masayo Iida. Stanford: CSLI Publications. 1996. Pp. xiii, 374. $49.95.

Indigenous literacies in the Americas: Language planning from the bottom up. Ed. by Nancy H. Hornberger (Contributions to the Sociology of Language, 75.) Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996. Pp. 393. Cloth $141.45.

Possessives in English. By John R. Taylor Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Pp. xii, 368. $90.00.

Current issues in comparative grammar. Ed. By Robert Freidin. Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1996. Pp. xi, 382.

Cognitive linguistics in the redwoods: The expansion of a new paradigm in linguistics. Ed. By Eugene H. Casad (Cognitive research, 6.) Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter, 1996. Pp. vii, 1011.

Speech acts and conversational interaction. By Michael L. Geis. Cambridge, New York & Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1995. Pp. xiv, 248.

L’enfant aux deux langues. By Claude Hagège. Paris: Éditions Odile Jacob, 1996. Pp. 298.

Disorderly discourse: Narrative, conflict, and inequality. Ed. By Charles L. Briggs. (Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics, 7). New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. Pp. ii, 248. $49.95.

English historical metrics. Ed. by C. B. McCully and J. J. Anderson Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xi, 257. $59.95.

The sounds of the world’s languages. By Peter Ladefoged and Ian Maddieson. Oxford Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1996. Pp. xxi, 426. Paper $31.95.

Writing and literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese. By Insup Taylor and M. Martin Taylor. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1995. Pp. 412. $68.00.

Aspectual roles and the syntax-semantics interface. By Carol L. Tenny Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994.

Logical form: From GB to minimalism. By Norbert Hornstein. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1995. Pp ix, 267.

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