text_combined: semantics would like bring attention two new publications john benjamins publishing field semantics adverbs degree dutch related languages henny klein 1998 x 232 pp lingvistic aktuell linguistics today 21 us canada cloth 1 55619 905 8 price us 62 00 rest world cloth 90 272 2742 x price nlg 124 john benjamins publishing web site http www benjamins com information via email service benjamins com adverbs degree form intriguing part lexicon numerous multiform everchanging great variety distribution study characteristics adverbs degree investigated semantic point view main focus dutch previous studies english german adverbs degree used compare build topics include absoluteness versus gradability positive versus negative evaluation strengthening negation polarity sensitivity logical properties adverbs restrictions reduplication stacking besides main text three case studies presented peculiarities adverbs investigated depth show detail complexities distribution recent trends meaningtext theory leo wanner ed 1998 xx 202 pp studies language companion series 39 us canada cloth 1 55619 925 2 price us 59 00 rest world cloth 90 272 3042 0 price nlg 118 john benjamins publishing web site http www benjamins com information via email service benjamins com present volume contains articles wellknown representatives meaning text theory mtt related linguistic theories focus volume semantics semantic representation relation semantics surface mtt founded mel cuk zholkovsky sixties moscow mtt soon became known west prominent outsider theory picture changed since though mtt gained importance several areas linguistics computational linguistics influenced design new grammar formalisms dependency tree grammars also specific parts mtt directly taken theories example work integrating lexical functions pustejovsky generative lexicon bernadette martinez keck tel 215 8361200 publicity marketing fax 215 8361204 john benjamins north america email bernie benjamins com po box 27519 philadelphia pa 191180519 check john benjamins web site http www benjamins com