Review of SLRF 2010 Proceedings

The Linguist List has just posted a review by Otis Phillip Elliott, Jr. of Selected Proceedings of the 2010 Second Language Research Forum: Reconsidering SLA Research, Dimensions, and Directions. From the first paragraph:

“I have chosen 5 of the 15 papers to describe in some detail. Each paper in the collection, however, deserves a full review in its own right. In fact, the collection is a fascinating read for any student of SLA.”

You can read the full review at http://linguistlist.org/issues/24/24-35.html.

Review: Selected Proceedings of the 13th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium

In a Linguist List review of Selected Proceedings of the 13th Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Jason Doroga of the University of Wisconsin-Madison writes, "the editor has chosen a balanced selection of articles that offer compelling and often-times innovative research in the broad areas of Sociolinguistics and Language Variation, Acquisition and Applied Linguistics, Phonology, and Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics. These proceedings deserve a wide audience, as both the generalist and the specialist will find cogent studies by young researchers and by established scholars alike." He goes on to say, "The overall quality of the papers in this volume is high, and much of what is included here presents new, original data that challenge or refine existing
scholarship."

You can order a library bound copy of the proceedings, or read the entire proceedings online, at Cascadilla Proceedings Project.

The full review, with a detailed description of the contents, is available on the Linguist List.

Review: Selected Proceedings of the 2009 Second Language Research Forum

Christos Pliatsikas has reviewed Selected Proceedings of the 2009 Second Language Research Forum for the Linguist List. He writes,

This volume is highly recommended to researchers in the fields of SLA and psycholinguistics, as well as to students or any other parties that require an up-to-date knowledge of issues in current SLA research. The diversity of this volume guarantees that researchers from a variety of different fields in psycholinguistics will find some interesting experimental findings and suggestions, as well as use them as a starting point for future research.

The full review, including a detailed investigation of each paper, is available on the Linguist List. You can order a library bound copy of the proceedings, or read the papers online, at Cascadilla Proceedings Project.

Review: Selected Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Laboratory Approaches to Spanish Phonology

In a Linguist List review, Sara Candeias writes, "The Selected Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Laboratory Approaches to Spanish Phonology provides an important contribution to the state of the art of Spanish phonological analysis, including both European and American varieties, as well as the speech of monolinguals and bilinguals." You can order a library bound copy of the proceedings, or read the papers online, at Cascadilla Proceedings Project.

Review: Surviving Linguistics, Second Edition

The new edition of Monica Macaulay's popular Surviving Linguistics: A Guide for Graduate Students debuted this year. In a recent Linguist List review, Benjamin Schmeiser writes,

Changes in the current edition include updates and new information that improve an already exceptional and highly practical text.... When I teach with this text, I find the almost uncontainable urge to remind students how lucky they are to have it and to tell them that I did not have this text 'when I was a graduate student'. I do resist, though, but I will say now that graduate students will immensely benefit from this text, and yes, I do so dearly wish I had this text 'when I was a graduate student'.

Go to the Cascadilla Press web site to buy your own copy of the new edition of Surviving Linguistics or to order 10-packs for your department.