phonology & phonetics generative french phonology : retrospective and perspectives chantal lyche , editor p . 287 , middlesex : afls / esri the book presents a number of the papers read at the international phonology workshop held in aix - en - provence , sept . 93 . the aim of the workshop was to survey the field of french phonology 25 years after the publication of s . schane 's ' french phonology and morphology ' . the book includes 13 papers illustrating several non-linear frameworks and it covers a wide range of topics from the syllable to sociolinguistics studies . the book can be ordered from : european studies and research institute department of modern languages crescent house salford , m5 4wt england germanic langs kristinsson , ari pall ; the pronunciation of modern icelandic ( written in english ) , 67 pp . prize : usd 10 . - ( prepaid , sending cost included ) . cassette ; prize usd 17 . - this is a teaching text on pronunciation , adapted to the needs of foreign speakers . the author concentrates on icelandic spelling and the sounds each letter represents , with special emphasis on those aspects experience has shown to be problematic for foreign speakers . the book contains fifty-six exercises , in which the pronunciation of single words and sentences is illustrated by phonic script , which for simplification purposes has been slightly adapted to spelling . these exercises are also available on cassette , where the words are read out with pauses in between , to give the student time to listen and repeat . svavarsdottir , asta and margriet jonsdottir ; islenska fyrir utlendinga ( icelandic for foreign speakers ) , 236 pp . written in icelandic . prize : usd 24 . - this is a grammar intended for foreign speakers . it is particularly suited for beginners , with whom the authors have a lot of experience . the book is divided into four main parts , each of wich is further divided in to six chapters . the grammar deals with the basic rules of accidence and syntax of modern icelandic . because it has been written with complete beginners in mind , the main emphasis is on the most common and regular grammatical rules . svavarsdottir , asta ; aefingar med enskum glosum og leidriettingarlyklum ( exercices with english glossary and key ) for use with islenska fyrir utlendinga ( icelandic for foreign speakers ) above , 131 pp . prize : usd 16 . - this is a book of exercises intended to reinforce the student 's knowledge of the icelandic rules and syntax as described in islenska fyrir utlendinga . its format follows that of the teaching text , with four main parts , each divided into six chapters , making it very easy to use with islenska fyrir utlendinga . it contains icelandic - english glossary . jonsdottir , margriet ; aefingar ( exercises ) to islenska fyrir utlendinga , 182 pp . prize : usd 21 . - this book contains exercises to reinforce the student 's knowledge of grammatical forms and sentence construction acquired in islenska fyrir utlendinga ( icelandic for foreign speakers ) . the exercises are divided into four parts , with each part further divided into six chapters , like the book , which makes it very easy to use the two books together . the book contains three glossaries , icelandic - french , icelandic - swedish and icelandic - german . these books are available from : institute of linguistics university of iceland arnagardi v / sudurgotu 101 reykjavik iceland and can be ordered through surface mail or through e-mail : malvis @ rhi . hi . is and are prepaid . aphasia eling , paul ( university of nijmegen ) ( ed . ) . reader in the history of aphasia . > from franz gall to norman geschwind john benjamins xvi , 392 pp . aphasia hb : 90 272 1893 5 us $ 110 . 00 / hfl . 200 , - - the study of language and the brain is heavily dependent on work of the early aphasiologists , and those wanting to be acquainted with the discipline will come across frequent references to these classic authors . this collection brings together seminal publications by 19th - and 20th - century neurologists concerned with the relationship between language and the brain . the book includes biographical sketches of the authors discussed , and bibliographies of their relevant publications . texts by : franz joseph gall ( 1758-1828 ) [ claus heeschen ] ; paul broca ( 1824-1915 ) ( paul eling ] ; carl wernicke [ 1848-1905 ] ( antoine keyser ] ; henry charlton bastian ( 1837-1915 ) [ john c . marshall ] ; john hughlings jackson ( 1835-1911 ) [ bento p . m . schulte ] ; sigmund freud ( 1856-1939 ) [ o . r . hommes ) ; jules dejerine ( 1849-1947 ) [ w . o . renierl ; pierre marie ( 1853-1940 ) [ yvan lebrun ] ; amold pick ( 1851 - 1924 ) [ a . d . friederici ] ; henry head ( 1861-1940 ) ( patrick hudson ] ; kurt goldstein ( 1878-1965 ) [ ria de bleser ] ; norman ( geschwind ( 1926-1984 ) [ mary - louise kean ] . discourse abraham , werner , t . givsn and sandra a . thompson ( eds . ) discourse grammar and typology . papers in honor of john w . m . verhaar john benjamins xviii , 346 pp . discourse hb : us : 155619 379 3 / eur : 90 272 3030 7 us $ 98 . 00 / hfl . 175 , - - dedicated to fr . verhaar , this volume presents papers related to discourse analysis and language typology . the papers are arranged in five groups : 1 . transitivity and voice , 2 . clausal modality , 3 . typology and discourse categories , language and culture , 5 . functionality contributions by : werner abraham , john m . clifton , bernard comrie & kaoru horie , bambang purwo kaswanti , robert j . conrad & joshua lukas , bernd heine , paul j . hopper , barbara a . fox , anna wierzbicka , john haiman , charles n . li , and susanna cumming . downing , pamela and michael noonan ( university of wisconsin milwaukee ) ( eds . ) word order in discourse . john benjamins x , 593 pp . discourse hb : us : 1 55619 424 2 / eur : 90 272 2921 x us $ 135 . 00 / hfl . 250 , - - pb : us 1 55619 636 9 / eur : 90 272 2922 8 us $ 37 . 95 / hfl . 75 , - - this volume brings together a collection of 18 papers dealing with the problem of word order variation in discourse . word order variation has often been treated as an essentially unpredictable phenomenon , a matter of selecting randomly one set of possible orders generated by the grammar . however , as the papers in this collection show , word order variation is not random , but rather is governed by principles which can be subjected to scientific investigation and are common to all languages . the papers in this volume discuss word order variation in a diverse collection of languages and from a number of perspectives , including experimental and quantitative , text-based studies . a number of papers address the problem of deciding which order is ' basic ' among the alternatives . typological studies in language , 30 m . a . gernsbacher ( university of wisconsin ) and t . givsn ( university of oregon ) ( eds . ) . coherence in spontaneous text . john benjamins x , 267 pp . discourse hb : us : 1 55619 637 7 / eur : 90 272 2923 6 us $ 80 . 00 / hfl . 145 , - - pb : us : 1 55619 638 5 / eur : 90 272 2924 4 us $ 32 . 95 / hfl . 65 , - - the main theme running through this volume is that coherence is a mental phenomenon rather than a property of the spoken or written text , or of the social situation . most of the papers in this volume were originally presented at the symposium on coherence in spontaneous text , held at the university of oregon in the spring of 1992 . contributions by : anne anderson ; jennifer coates ; t . givsn ; charles goodwin ; walter kintsch ; tony sanford and linda moxey ; tom trabasso ; soyoung suh and paula payton ; matthew traxler and morti gernsbacher ; deanna wilkes - gibbs typological studies in language , 31