Re: more book advice

-----Original Message-----
From: Boudewijn Rempt <bsarempt@...>
To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU <CONLANG@...>
Date: Saturday, June 03, 2000 5:57 AM
Subject: Re: more book advice


>On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Roger Mills wrote:
>
>> Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>> >On the other hand, if you really want to spend money on something really
>> >thorough, take a peek at Cambridge's Language survey series >
>>
>> According to Amazon, Bob Blust's volume on Austronesian is due out in
>> October.  But alas, it's been "forthcoming" for several years, so I've
>> stopped holding my breath.  It should, however, be masterful.  Hopefully
not
>> to many typos.....
>>
>
>The Cambridge University Press catalogue doesn't list it...
>http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/scripts/websearch.asp?type=EXACTSERIES&search=CLS
>
Just checked-- it's still "forthcoming" Oct. 2000, ISBN 0521296447.  I think
Blust first mentioned this to me in the mid 80s.  Much of the problem, of
course, is that the field keeps changing-- in large part due to his own
copious output!!