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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (March 8, 2007)
Nomi Erteschik-Shir is Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics at Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Her publications include The Dynamics of Focus Structure (1997) and The Syntax of Aspect (2005) co-edited with Tova Rapoport. She is currently working on a book with Tova Rapoport on the lexicon-syntax interface, The Atoms of Meaning.

Pragmatic Stylistics

* The first pragmatically oriented study of the language of fictional texts.
* Introduces a range of pragmatic theories and offers a range of approaches that can be applied to texts.
* Includes examples from literary texts, predominantly from the twentieth century - unlike many works on pragmatics which use invented examples.

Sound Change and the History of English

This book addresses the question: why do sound changes happen when and where they do? Jeremy Smith discusses the origins of a series of sound changes in English. He relates his arguments to larger questions about the nature of explanation in history and historical linguistics, and examines the interplay between sound change and social change. Drawing on the latest research in the linguistics and history he shows how insights in one field illuminate the other.

Р. С. Гиляревский, Б. А. Старостин "Иностранные имена и названия в русском тексте. Справочник"
Справочник содержит основные правила транскрипционной передачи имен и названий с 18 европейских языков на русский язык. В 3-е издание (2-е - 1978 г.) внесены исправления редакционного характера, учтена литература по данной проблематике, вышедшая после 1978 г., добавлено приложение по транскрипции сокращений.

Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mees “The Phonetics of English and Dutch"
This book provides a complete introductory course on the phonetics of English and Dutch based on an essentially practical approach to the subject. No previous knowledge of phonetics is assumed and all terms are explained in straightforward English as they are introduced. Theoretical and practical aspects of the subject are clarified for the student by means of numerous self-study exercises in articulation and transcription.