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Advances in Hispanic Linguistics: Papers from the 2nd Hispanic Linguistics Symposium. Ed. Javier Gutierrez-Rexach and Fernando Martinez-Gil. 2 vols. Somerville, MA. Cascadilla, 1999. 578 pages.
This collection of English-language articles, which touch all areas of Hispanic linguistics, resulted from the conference mentioned in the title and held at the Ohio State University in Columbus in October of 1998. Shortly thereafter, the editors produced a gem-a set of high-quality papers in two beautifully printed paperback volumes promulgated by an up-and-coming publisher of conference proceedings. Volume i contains the introduction and acknowledgments, Section 1: "Psycholinguistics and Sociolinguistics," and Section 2: "Phonology, Morphology, and Historical Linguistics," whereas Volume ii includes only Section 3: "Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics." The articles include their own bibliography, each of which has followed the same standard format. Even though the fonts used have not adhered to the same pattern, the changes in font from article to article in no way distract from the excellent attributes of the content or the printing.
Of the 48 papers presented at the conference only 37 were included in this set of selected proceedings. The editors have carefully chosen articles that employ more traditional theoretical models...