Volume 4 ISSUE Monthly Magazine for Linguists February 1999 ISSN 1381–3439 Glot International appears monthly, except June & July. © Copyright 1999 by Holland Academic Graphics. All rights reserved. Price single issue: Dfl 14,50 This year Glot International starts featuring a squib section. We invite everybody to send us squibs on any subject in any field of “theoretical” linguistics. Since we appear monthly (almost!) and our production time is relatively short, we will be able to publish squibs very soon after their acceptance. The review procedure we have set up is also geared at losing as little time as possible. What squibs are? What squibs do? Squibs inspire. They present ideas, yet to be fleshed out — but one at the time. They find connections be- tween facts that nobody ever thought were relat- ed. They spell out the beginning of a new analysis, not necessarily daring. They give you Call for squibs new facts from old languages and old facts in a new guise. They come up with beautiful observa- tions that somehow seem theoretically relevant as well. They tell you about wonderful problems and — possibly — only hint at a solution. And they have the length of one page in Glot International, which is about 1500 words (includ- ing the references!). We are looking forward to your submission. Send us three hard copies and one soft copy to the addresses on page 2. Before sending us anything, please consult the Guidelines for authors on our web site (www.hagpub.com/glot.htm) or send us an e-mail if you prefer to receive the Guidelines by e-mail or regular mail. IN THIS ISSUE State-of-the-Article Sara Thomas Rosen on The syntactic representation of linguistic events 3 “If arguments receive or check event roles in the syntactic structure, then what makes any given argument an ‘agent’ (or, perhaps more accurately, an instigator of the action) is the same across verbs. And thus any di(erence between the agent of ‘kissing’ and the agent of ‘killing’ is purely due to the di(erent lexical semantics of the two verbs, and not due to the syntactically-determined instigation.” Column Recent Issues in Linguistics Elan Dresher on Invasion of the Language Viruses 12 “Time was when one could write a book about language learning or the evolution of language without taking into account the linguistic theories of the day.” Book reviews Is local economy minimalist enough? by Toshifusa Oka reviewing Chris Collins’ Local economy 19 Squibs Speaker-oriented particles in Dutch imperatives by Marcel den Dikken 23 Den Dikken proposes that elements like hier ‘here’ and op ‘up’ in Dutch imperatives like geef hier/op ‘give it to me’ license a null counterpart of a )rst person dative PP. This proposal not only gives him a handle on how to structurally represent direct speech vs reported speech clauses but also suggests, according to him, that Dutch has honori)c elements, just like Japanese. Dissertations The phonology and morphology of Romanian glides and diphthongs: A constraint-based approach by Ioana Chitoran reviewed by François Dell 13 Licensing empty nouns in French by Petra Sleeman reviewed by Yves Roberge 17 Conference reports Sinn und Bedeutung 1998 (Leipzig, December 11–13, 1998) by Susan Olsen 22 This book examines the syntax and semantics of Salish determiners and quantifiers in detail; one of the findings is that Salish, though it possesses a robuß syßem of DP-internal quantification, lacks quantificational determiners. Lisa Matthewson proposes an account of diƒerences in the determiner and quantification syßems of Salish and English. In particular, Salish and English exemplify opposite settings of a Common Ground Parameter, which means that Salish determiners may not access the common ground of the discourse. This parameter also derives several other diƒerences between Salish and English determiners, such as the absence of a definiteness dißinçion in Salish. Lisa Matthewson Determiner systems and quanti cational strategies ï Evidence from Salish (World Theses, 1) “This book is an indepth ßudy of the quantificational component of the grammar of an Interior Salish language. It is an important contribution, not only to the ßudy of quantification in universal grammar, but to Salish linguißics as well, because it documents significant variation in the syntax of quantification within the language family.” Professor Eloise Jelinek, University of Arizona 1998. ISBN 90-5569-041-4. xvi + 380 pp. Hardbound. Price: NLG 119.40 (ex. 6% VAT where applicable, ex. P&P) Individuals ordering directly from Holland Academic Graphics are eligible for a 33% discount. Holland Academic Graphics P.O. Box The Hague The Netherlands 53292 2505 AG mail hagpub.com www.hagpub.com fax: + @ 31 70 4480177 [ s c i e n t i f i c [ d o c u m e n t ] p r o c e s s i n g ] Advertisement