Bulletin 34, May 2000

Full issue.

Contents:

• Andrew Linn, Editorial (pp. 3-4)

• Joan C. Beal, ‘A Radical Plan for Spelling Reform: Thomas Spence's Grand Repository of the English Language (1775)’ (pp. 5-16)

• Jan Noordegraaf, ‘Pieter A. Verburg and the History of Linguistics: A Bio-Bibliographical Account’ (pp. 17-32)

• Bloomfield on Saussure (pp. 33-35)

• REVIEWS:

  • Werner Hüllen, Review of Mechtild Bierbach, Grundzüge humanistischer Lexikographie. Ideengeschichtliche und rhetorische Rezeption der Antike als Didaktik. Tübingen & Basel: Francke, 1997 (pp. 36-39)

  • Emma Vorlat, Review of Astrid Göbels, Die Tradition der Universalgrammatik im England des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts. Münster: Nodus Publikationen, 1999 (pp. 40-44)

  • Herman BellReview of Murray G. Hall and Herbert Ohrlinger, Der Paul Zsolnay Verlag 1924-1999. Dokumente und Zeugnisse. Vienna: Paul Zsolnay Verlag, 1999 (p. 45)

  • Malcolm Jones, Review of Werner Hüllen, English Dictionaries 800-1700. The Topical Tradition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999 (pp. 46-48)

  • Anders Ahlqvist, Review of Elke Nowak (ed.), Languages Different in all their Sounds… Descriptive Approaches to Indigenous Languages of the Americas 1500 to 1850. Münster: Nodus Publikationen, 1999 (pp. 49-50)

• Publications Received (pp. 51-61)

• NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • The Paul Salmon – Pieter Verburg Memorial Fund (p. 69)

  • Subscriptions for 2000 (pp. 70-71)

  • Henry Sweet's Grave (pp. 71-72)

  • In Memoriam Pieter Loonen (1939-1999) (pp. 74-75)