We regret several errors in Volume 5, Number 2.

p. 152 should have contained the following references for Ferguson, ‘The structure and use of politeness formulas’:

Lorenz, K. Z. (1937). The companion in the bird's world. Auk 54: 245–73.

Mercier, H. (19). La politesse au maroc. Tangier: Editions Eurafriques.

Morris, D. (1967). The naked ape. London: Jonathan Cape.

Oswalt, R. L. (forthcoming). Baby talk and the genesis of some basic Porno words. To appear in International Journal of American Linguistics.

Roberts, B. (1940). Breeding behavior of penguins. British Grahamsland Expedition Scientific Report 1. 195–254.

Sacks, H. (1972). On the analysability of stories by children. In J. J. Gumperz & D. Hymes (eds.), Directions in sociolinguistics. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 329–45.

Schegloff, E. (1968). Sequencing in conversational openings. American Anthropologist 70: 1075–95. Schegloff, E. & Sacks, H. (1973). Opening up closings. Semiotica 8: 289–327.

Youssouf, I. A., Grimshaw, A. D. & Bird, C. S. (MS.) (1975). Greetings in the desert. Indiana University.

p. 204, line 7, the first word should read ‘Boas’.

p. 242, the terms ‘Marrist’ and ‘Marrism’ were mistakenly printed as ‘Marxist’ and ‘Marxism’. The distinction between the two obviously is central to the subject, the book, and this portion of Dr Comrie's review.