new books theoretical descriptive linguistics dialogue critical discourse language culture critical theory michael macovski fordham university interdisciplinary volume collected mostly unpublished essays demonstrates mikhail bakhtin theory dialogic meaning subsequent elaborations influenced wide range critical discourses essays michael holquist jerome j mcgann john searle deborah tannen gary saul morson caryl emerson shirley brice heath h bialostosky paul friedrich timothy austin john farrell rachel may michael macovski collection explores dialogue exchange among intratextual voices extratextual interplay historical influences oral forms cultural heuristics well approaches extend implications dialogue beyond boundaries literary theory anthropology philosophy linguistics cultural studies essays address issues establishment exercise political power relation conversational literary discourse historical development essay idea literature social action taken together essays argue redefinition literary meaning one communal interactive vocatively created demonstrate literary meaning rendered single narrator even solitary author incrementally exchanged constructed august 1997 288 pp 1 linecuts 019 507063 1 55 00 oxford university press projections interface conditions essays modularity edited anna maria di sciullo university quebec montreal collection previously unpublished papers explores implications chomsky minimalist framework modularity grammar simplifies modular approach took government binding theory grammar according theory autonomous grammatical components phonological syntactic morphological semantic coexist interact like building blocks using given set principles given levels representation chomsky assertions sparked great deal theoretical debate especially regard nature interaction building blocks contributors volume join debate series case studies compare modularity english french italian among languages process address issues autonomy applications modules distribution theory well role functional projects derivations projections interface conditions interest researchers mentioned languages well large number linguists working chomskyan tradition june 1997 272 pp 84 linecuts 019 510414 5 60 00 oxford university press semiotic grammar william b mcgregor university melbourne mcgregor proposes develops new theory grammar based notion linguistic sign interpreting language structure semiotic system consisting signs provides range new analyses well established syntactic morphological relations categories roles book constitutes important valuable contribution linguistic theory drawing author extensive knowledge australian aboriginal languages well discussing data familiar languages english december 1997 448 pp 5 b w figures 019 823688 3 100 00 oxford university press indefinite pronouns martin haspelmath free university berlin oxford studies typology linguistic theory oxford studies typology linguistic theory offers forum promoting research analysis typologically theoretically informed book series focus particular topic providing overview available crosslinguistic data time engaging key theoretical issues boundaries limitations different approaches dealing typological data book first comprehensive encyclopaedic investigation indefinite pronouns expressions like someone anything nowhere languages world shows range variation functional formal properties indefinite pronouns subject set universal implicational constraints proposes explanations universals february 1997 384 pp 25 b w figures 1 map 019 823560 7 72 00 oxford university press intransitive predication leon stassen university nijmegen netherlands oxford studies typology linguistic theory stassen makes major contribution study language typology intransitive predication basing analysis sample 410 languages presents universally applicable model defining domain intransitive predication natural languages intransitive predicates defined terms four domains events sarah walking classes sarah secretary properties sarah tall locations sarah garden december 1997 800 pp 019 823693 x 145 00 oxford university press information linguistics titles oxford university press email linguistics oupusa org visit oxford university press usa web site http www oupusa org oxford university press usa