Re: more book advice

dirk elzinga wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Brad Coon wrote:
>
> > Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> >
> > > thorough, take a peek at Cambridge's Language survey series - the volumes
> >
> > But if possible, inspect before you buy.  My Papuan lgs volume was
> > missing many pages although a later edition fixed the problem.  The
> > North American Indian Lgs vol looked good although I only got a
> > brief look at it.  However, the chapter on Uto-Aztecan lgs at least,
> > was full of typos.
>
> Is this the one by Marianne Mithun? Hmmm. I was all set to buy
> it but it sounds like I'd better inspect the library's copy a
> little more closely.
>
> Dirk
I will stress again that I only got a brief look but I recall
a frequently cited author in the chapter, in the bibliography though
the spelling of the name was always different.  And maybe I am
just oversensitized.  I once purchased a dissertation on Nootka
grammar from a major east coast university, roughly half of the
works cited were non-existent.

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Brad Coon
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