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Noun-classes, lexical stocks, multilingualism, and the history of the Cameroon Grassfields
Jean-Pierre Warnier
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18 December 2008, pp. 409-423
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The linguistic situation in the Grassfields of Cameroon poses a problem, indeed a challenge. Basic vocabulary counts and shared lexical innovations point to one language classification and historical interpretation; but innovations in noun-classes do not agree and point to another (Voorhoeve 1976). To reconcile these findings in a consistent historical explanation, one must have recourse to some hypothesis as to the past relationships among the speakers of the languages. Such a hypothesis must be controlled by whatever can be known about the sociolinguistic history, as it were, of the area. In recent ethnohistorical research, I have been able to reconstruct a nineteenth-century pattern of multilingualism as an essential part of the social and political fabric of the Grassfields. Of the three hypotheses that might be advanced to explain the present language situation, the third is best supported by this reconstruction and other evidence. Further work is underway to test the hypothesis. In the meanwhile, the case shows the necessity of sociolinguistic as well as narrowly linguistic reconstruction in explanation of actual cases of change.

Colin Cherry, On human communication: A review, a survey, and a criticism. Cambridge and London: The MIT Press. 3rd ed., 1978. Pp. xv+374.
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18 December 2008, p. 141
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Gerald Gazdar, Ewan Klein and Geoffrey Pullum (eds). A bibliography of contemporary linguistic research. (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Vol. 119.) New York and London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1978. Pp. xviii+425.
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Modes and Codes - David Crystal. The English tone of voice: Essays in intonation, prosody and paralanguage. London: Edward Arnold, 1975. Pp. 198.
Harvey Sarles
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18 December 2008, pp. 425-439
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Starkey DuncanJr., & Donald W. Fiske, Face-to-face interaction: Research, methods, and theory. Hilisdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (distributor Halsted (Wiley)), New York, 1977. Pp. 361.
Charles Goodwin
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18 December 2008, pp. 439-444
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P. C Johnson-Laird & P. C. Wason (eds), Thinking: Readings in cognitive science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.
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18 December 2008, pp. 142-143
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Robert G. Harper, Arthur N. Wiens & Joseph D. Matarazzo, Non-verbal communication: The state of the art. New York: John Wiley, 1978. Pp. xviii+355. - Marianne LaFrance & Clara Mayo, Moving bodies: Non-verbal communication in social relationships. Monterey, Claifornia: Brooks/Cole Publishing, 1978. Pp. xi+225.
Mary Ritchie Key
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18 December 2008, pp. 444-447
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Edwin Black, Rhetorical criticism: A study in method. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1978. Pp. xv + 177.
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D. J. Umiker-Sebeok and T. A. Sebeok (eds), Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. 2 vols. New York and London: Plenum Press, 1978. Pp. xxxii+442.
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John Henry ClippingerJr, Meaning and discourse: A computer model of psychoanalytic speech and cognition. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977. Pp. xv+231.
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Paul Bouissac, Circus and culture: A semiotic approach. (Advances in Semiotics, edited by Thomas A. Sebeok.) Bloomington and London: University of Indiana Press, 1976. Pp. xiii+206.
Phyllis Rogers
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Dolf Hartveldt (ed.), Taalgebruik. Opstellen over taal in de maatschappiu, in opvoeding en in het onderwijs. Baarn, The Netherlands: Uitgeverij Ambo B.V., 1978. (Basisboeken, ed. Willem Kuipers.) Pp. 245.
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Language Situations - William F. Mackay, Bilinguisme et contact de langues. Paris: Klincksieck, 1976. Pp. 534.
Kathleen Connors
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18 December 2008, pp. 453-463
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Bernard J. Siegel (ed), with Alan R. Beals and Stephen A. Tyler, Annual Review of Anthropology. Palo Alto, California: Annual Reviews, Inc. Vol. 5 (1976), pp. 406. Vol. 6 (1977), pp. 604.
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S. Sakthival, Phonology of Toda with vocabulary. (Department of Linguistics, Publication No. 41.) Annamalainagar, India: Annamalai University, 1976.
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Ellen B. Basso (ed.), Carib-speaking Indians, culture, society and language. (Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona, Number 28.) Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, 1977. Pp. 122.
Berend J. Hoff, Douglas Taylor
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Mary Hiatt, The way women write. New York: Teachers College Press, 1977. Pp. vii+152.
Sally McConnell-Ginet
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James E. Redden (ed.), Proceedings of the 1977 Hokan – Yuman languages workshop held at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, June 21–23, 1977. (Occasional Papers on Linguistics, No. 2.) Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University, Department of Linguistics, 1978.
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James E. Crawford, The Mobilian trade language. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1978. Pp. 142.
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S. Agesthialingom and K. Kushalappa Gowda (eds), Dravidian case system. Annamalainagar, India: Annamalai University, 1976. (Department of Linguistics, Publication No. 39.) Pp. 519.
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Colin Cherry, On human communication: A review, a survey, and a criticism. Cambridge and London: The MIT Press. 3rd ed., 1978. Pp. xv+374.

Gerald Gazdar, Ewan Klein and Geoffrey Pullum (eds). A bibliography of contemporary linguistic research. (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Vol. 119.) New York and London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1978. Pp. xviii+425.

Book Review

Modes and Codes - David Crystal. The English tone of voice: Essays in intonation, prosody and paralanguage. London: Edward Arnold, 1975. Pp. 198.

Starkey DuncanJr., & Donald W. Fiske, Face-to-face interaction: Research, methods, and theory. Hilisdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (distributor Halsted (Wiley)), New York, 1977. Pp. 361.

Shorter Notices

P. C Johnson-Laird & P. C. Wason (eds), Thinking: Readings in cognitive science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977.

Book Review

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Edwin Black, Rhetorical criticism: A study in method. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1978. Pp. xv + 177.

Book Review

D. J. Umiker-Sebeok and T. A. Sebeok (eds), Aboriginal sign languages of the Americas and Australia. 2 vols. New York and London: Plenum Press, 1978. Pp. xxxii+442.

Shorter Notices

John Henry ClippingerJr, Meaning and discourse: A computer model of psychoanalytic speech and cognition. Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1977. Pp. xv+231.

Book Review

Paul Bouissac, Circus and culture: A semiotic approach. (Advances in Semiotics, edited by Thomas A. Sebeok.) Bloomington and London: University of Indiana Press, 1976. Pp. xiii+206.

Shorter Notices

Dolf Hartveldt (ed.), Taalgebruik. Opstellen over taal in de maatschappiu, in opvoeding en in het onderwijs. Baarn, The Netherlands: Uitgeverij Ambo B.V., 1978. (Basisboeken, ed. Willem Kuipers.) Pp. 245.

Book Review

Language Situations - William F. Mackay, Bilinguisme et contact de langues. Paris: Klincksieck, 1976. Pp. 534.

Shorter Notices

Bernard J. Siegel (ed), with Alan R. Beals and Stephen A. Tyler, Annual Review of Anthropology. Palo Alto, California: Annual Reviews, Inc. Vol. 5 (1976), pp. 406. Vol. 6 (1977), pp. 604.

S. Sakthival, Phonology of Toda with vocabulary. (Department of Linguistics, Publication No. 41.) Annamalainagar, India: Annamalai University, 1976.

Book Review

Ellen B. Basso (ed.), Carib-speaking Indians, culture, society and language. (Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona, Number 28.) Tucson, Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, 1977. Pp. 122.

Mary Hiatt, The way women write. New York: Teachers College Press, 1977. Pp. vii+152.

Shorter Notices

James E. Redden (ed.), Proceedings of the 1977 Hokan – Yuman languages workshop held at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, June 21–23, 1977. (Occasional Papers on Linguistics, No. 2.) Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University, Department of Linguistics, 1978.

Book Review

James E. Crawford, The Mobilian trade language. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1978. Pp. 142.

Shorter Notices

S. Agesthialingom and K. Kushalappa Gowda (eds), Dravidian case system. Annamalainagar, India: Annamalai University, 1976. (Department of Linguistics, Publication No. 39.) Pp. 519.

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