Date:  Thu, 3 Jul 1997 10:07:17 -0500
From:  Thomas Creswell <creswell[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CROWN.NET>
Subject: Re: Seeking permission to post book announcements (fwd)

Terry Lynn Irons wrote:
>
> Dear list members,
>
> I received the following request to post book announcements on ADS-L
> (titles relevant to ADS). As you may know, LINGUIST posts such
> announcements. Before replying with a yes or no, I have decided to
> forward the request to the list, which includes a sample.
>
> Please reply with your opinion, yes or no. I guess we can have sort of a
> running ballot on the issue.  Keep in mind that the purpose of the list
> is scholarly. Such notices serve a scholarly purpose, but they also have
> a commercial nature.
>
> Terry Irons
>
> >
> > Dear Mr. Irons,
> >
> > We publish occasional new scholarly book titles which are relevant to the
> > subscribers of ADS-L and would like to know if you will accept short
> > announcements for posting. If so, please inform us of your guidelines.
> >
> > Our announcements would appear in the following format unless you specify a
> > different one:
> >
> > ------------------
> >
> > DIALECT DEATH
> > THE CASE OF BRULE SPANISH
> > Charles E Holloway
> > 1997 x, 220 pp. Studies in Bilingualism, 13
> > US/Canada: Cloth: 1 55619 547 8 Price: $69.00
> > Rest of the world: Cloth: 90 272 4119 8 Price: Hfl. 120,--
> > John Benjamins Publishing web site: http://www.benjamins.com
> > For further information via e-mail: service[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]benjamins.com
> > The Brule Dwellers of Ascension Parish are descendants of Canary Island
> > immigrants who came to Louisiana in the late 1700s. A few residents in and
> > around the Ascension Parish area still speak an archaic dialect of Spanish
> > which is at the brink of linguistic extinction. Because the Brule dialect
> > is in the final stages of what is commonly known as "language death", the
> > case of Brule Spanish presents an exciting opportunity to investigate
> > commonly held assumptions regarding the structural changes often associated
> > with vestigial languages. Its relative isolation from other dialects of
> > Spanish for over two hundred years serves as a sort of linguistic "time
> > capsule" which provides information that is relevant to critical
> > outstanding issues in Hispanic dialectology and historical linguistics. In
> > addition to examining these issues, documenting the specific
> > characteristics of Brule Spanish, and comparing Brule Spanish with other
> > modern Spanish dialects, this book presents a very accessible introduction
> > to the field of language death.
> >
> > ------------------
> >
> > Thank you for your attention to this request.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Tony Schiavo
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > Anthony P. Schiavo Jr       Tel: (215) 836-1200
> > Publicity/Marketing        Fax: (215) 836-1204
> > John Benjamins North America    e-mail: tony[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]benjamins.com
> > PO Box 27519
> > Philadelphia PA 19118-0519
> >
> > Check out the John Benjamins web site:
> > http://www.benjamins.com
> >
My vote is Yes.

Tom Creswell