new books comparative general grammar comparative general grammar van geenhoven veerle max planck institute psycholinguistics nijmegen semantic incorporation indefinite descriptions semantic syntactic aspects noun incorporation west greenlandic isbn 157586 132 1 paper 157586 133 x cloth 248 pp csli publications 1998 http csliwww stanford edu publications email pubs roslin stanford edu distributed cambridge university press volume presents semantic incorporation analysis accounting many strking similarities semantic properties incorporated nouns west greenlandic bare plurals split noun phrases west germanic language analysis uniformly treats nominal expressions predicative indefinites outset van geenhoven explores empirical basis semantic incorporation needed inability existing semantic theories indefinites well current structural approaches noun incorporation account data observed explored finally work presents semantic incorporation subtheory indefinites volume interest semanticists lexicalists syntacticians linguists zoll cheryl massachusetts institute technology parsing segment constraintbased framework isbn 157586 130 5 paper 157586 131 3 cloth 172 pp csli publications 1998 http csliwww stanford edu publications email pubs roslin stanford edu distributed cambridge university press book proposes new way understanding behavior consonants vowels broad crosssection world languages also introduced new model subsegmental phonology within optimality theory differs standard autosegmental phonology limited use representational distinctions form grammar representations submit research focuses particularly oating features ghost segments demonstrates current understanding segmental representation fails characterize full range subsegmental phenomena found crosslinguistically zoll proposes instead analysis grammar derives variety surface phenomena single underlying representation typology results analysis correctly classies entire range behavior associated subminimal phonological units work thus enlarges empirical foundation adequate theory segment structure must based developing account sheds new light classic problems subsegmental parsing problems dealt include classics pattern liaison consonants french well obscure phenomena assignment tone marking african languages mende kukuya rst book apply results current phonological theory area book great interest linguists people interested knowing sound patterns language csli publications ventura hall stanford university stanford ca 943054115 telephone 650 7231839 fax 650 7252166 http csliwww stanford edu publications