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This volume contains 18 papers derived from presentations by Dutch linguists at the Eighth International Congress of Slavists.

Creole studies embrace a wide range is disciplines: history ethnography geography sociology etc. The phenomenon of creolization has come to be recognized as widespread; creolization presupposes contact and that is a human universal. The present anthology discusses social historical and theoretical aspects of over twenty pidgins and creoles. Part one deals with general theoretical issues especially those relating to pidgin language formation and expansion. Part two deals with those pidgins and creoles lexically related to indigenous African languages and with incipient features of creolization in African languages themselves; part three with those related to Romance languages and part four with those related to English. Throughout the volume several current debates are taken up including the still unsettled issues of creole language origins and classification.

This is a reprint of the third edition of Tytler’s Principles of Translation originally published in 1791 and this edition was published in 1813. The ideas of Tytler can give inspiration to modern TS scholars particularly his open-mindedness on quality assessment and his ideas on linguistic and cultural aspects in translations which are illustrated with many examples.

In the Introduction Jeffrey Huntsman sets Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee and his ideas in a historical context.

As the original preface states: “It will serve to demonstrate that the Art of Translation is of more dignity and importance than has generally been imagined.” (p. ix)

Der von Kürenberg was one of the first named poets to write in Middle High German language. This study presents a modified diplomatic edition of the fifteen strophes text by Der von Kürenberg. It offers a commentary on the original text and discusses the literary and interpretative problems connected with the poet’s work.

The selection of entries in this bibliography reflects the following definition of pragmatics: The study (i) of the use and extra-linguistic function(s) of language and (ii) of the relation between such uses or functions and the structure of language i.e. the contextual appropriateness conditions on the use of language. This bibliography does not only cover purely theoretical works but also includes applications of pragmatic theory in language teaching language acquisition discourse analysis literary studies etc. To augment the usefulness of the bibliography which is arranged alphabetically a subject and a language index have been added.

Fac simile edition with a Foreword by E. F. K. Koerner and an Introduction by David J. Murray. The appendix contains Erwin A. Esper’s A Contribution to the Experimental Study of Analogy (1918).

The papers in this volume have been grouped in three thematic parts: Valence which plays a key concept in the syntactic classification of verbs and adjectives provides a necessary link for decoding and encoding grammatical relations and is an important requisite for the evaluation of formal languages for the purpose of describing and explaining phenomena of natural language. The second group of papers concerns the notion of (deep) case and the implications of tracing a grammatical theory on semantic case. The final series of papers is distinguished by the degree of accent it puts on the link between linguistic surface phenomena including semantic case and grammatical relations in the sense that it has been postulated by Universal Grammar.

Adolf Glassbrenner (1810–1876) was a German humorist and satirist. The aim of this study is to show that Glassbrenner’s writings were rooted within the abstract idealism of the Young Germans. Special focus lies on the period between 1840 and 1849 Glassbrenner’s most active writing period and representing most closely the elements of Humor and Tendenz. This study is of interest to everyone who wants to know more about the ideas behind the writings of Adolf Glassbrenner but also to those who want to make a first acquaintance with this famous German writer.

The papers brought together in the present volume represent the essence of the author’s reflections on issues concerning linguistic historiography and of particular investigations in 19th and 20th century linguistic thought. The papers are clustered in three sections: I. Towards a Historiography of Linguistics II. Appraisals of Individual Scholars and III. Trends and Traditions in Linguistics.

This volume is a collection of essays on black short stories written between 1998 and 1976. It aims to say something about the black short story as a genre and the development of the racial situation in America as well. The primary aim is to introduce the reader to this long neglected genre of black fiction. In contrast to the black novel the short story has hardly been given extensive criticism let alone serious attention. The individual essays of this collection aim at presenting new points of critical orientation in the hope of reviving and fostering further discussions. They provide a variety of approaches and a great diversity of critical points of view.