typology would like bring attention recent publications john benjamins publishing field typology typology dialectology romani edited yaron matras peter bakker hristo kyuchukov university manchester aarhus universitet university shumen bulgaria 1997 xxxii 224 pp current issues linguistic theory 156 us canada cloth 1 55619 872 8 price us 65 00 rest world cloth 90 272 3661 5 price nlg 130 john benjamins publishing web site http www benjamins com information via email service benjamins com contributions collection focus unity diversity language roma gypsies indic language spoken exclusively europe properties discussed include distinct inflectional derivational patterns applied asian european lexical layers distribution inflectional agglutinative analytic formation among syntactic categories regularities ongoing shift inflectional analytic case formation suppletion aspects syntactic convergence patterns morphological transitivization detransitivization causatives passives phenomena considered light contemporary discussions language universals reference variety different approaches including prague school typology functional sentence perspective functional grammar functionalpragmatic typology general grammaticalization theory chapters partly adopt comparative approach covering major dialects language partly devoted singledialect corpuses special attention given czech slovak hungarian varieties previously undescribed dialects bulgaria turkey codified varieties macedonia variety dialects discussed popular works victorian author george borrow extensive introduction outlines principal morphosyntactic features language provides classification romani dialects including overview mentioned volume contributions peter bakker norbert boretzky vit bubenik petra cech viktor elsik victor friedman ian f hancock mozes f heinschink milena hubschmannova birgit igla yaron matras coding hypothetical comparative typology russian macedonian conditionals jane f hacking university kansas 1997 vi 156 pp studies language companion series 38 us canada cloth 1 55619 849 3 price us 63 00 rest world cloth 90 272 3041 2 price nlg 125 john benjamins publishing web site http www benjamins com information via email service benjamins com conditionals encode speculation convey events could different past present might different future particular conditions met languages afford means speculate hypothesize possible events ways vary work explores variation analysis structure semantics complex conditional sentences russian macedonian addresses typological questions general properties natural language conditionals examines role grammatical categories tense aspect mood status coding conditional meaning book also discusses relationship use categories shape language conditional system example use tense counterfactual contexts macedonian correlates grammaticalization shades conditional meaning grammaticalized russian employ tense forms way book addresses issues concern slavists raises questions interested conditionals coding hypothetical meaning case typology grammar honor barry j blake edited anna siewierska jae jung song lancaster university university otago 1998 395 pp typological studies language 38 us canada cloth 1 55619 651 2 price us 85 00 rest world cloth 90 272 2937 6 price nlg 170 john benjamins publishing web site http www benjamins com information via email service benjamins com collection fifteen original articles includes descriptive typological theoretical studies number morphosyntactic phenomena case transitivity grammaticalization valency alternations etc variety languages language groups discussions concerning theoretical issues specific grammatical frameworks collection written honor australian linguist barry j blake 60th birthday thematically reflects field professor blake worked past three decades volume special interest researchers morphosyntax linguistic typology bernadette martinez keck tel 215 8361200 publicity marketing fax 215 8361204 john benjamins north america email bernie benjamins com po box 27519 philadelphia pa 191180519 check john benjamins web site http www benjamins com