psycholinguistics & neurolinguistics linguistic structure and change : an explanation from language processing thomas berg , university of hamburg thomas berg analyzes language as a psychological phenomenon in order to reach a clearer understanding of why the structure of language is the way it is and how it changes . he claims that real explanations of the structure of language can only emerge by establishing connections between language and its context . the explanatory power of one of these contexts , the psychological one , is examined in detail . june 1998 352 pp . ; 4 linecuts 0-19 - 823672 - 7 $ 95 . 00 oxford university press _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for more information about linguistics titles from oxford : visit the oxford university press usa web site at http : / / www . oup-usa . org or e-mail : linguistics @ oup-usa . org