Richard Rhodes Research Articles

Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague (review)

Latin and Laurence Sterne in English - This book is very Tristram Shandy-like, in fact, with all of its interruptions and dashes, non sequiturs , humorous confusion, and whimsy. There is no question about Mason & Dixon being a major achievement; it is a sure candidate for every literary award of 1997. Before the judges give it the thumbs up, though, they should ask themselves one question: did they finish the book? (SM) Deadly Feasts: Tracking the Secrets of a Terrifying New Plague by Richard Rhodes Simon and Schuster, 1997, 259 pp., $24 True-life medical thrillers have been the rage for many years, with the genre attaining special popularity in the 1990s after the publication of The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. When a literary journaUst as wellknown and accomplished as Richard Rhodes takes his turn, it is almost a given that the genre will be in the limelight again. Rhodes does not disappoint with this book. The "new plague" referred to in the subtitle has been labeled by the mass media as "mad cow disease ." If that term were accurate, suggesting as it does that meat can kiU, it would be bad enough. It turns out that the term does not begin to describe the potential breadth of the plague. This isn't only about people eating diseased beef. Rather, Rhodes chronicles the spread of a disease group known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). The multisyllabic words are actuaUy not so difficult for a layperson to decipher. "Transmissible" means contagious, a pre-condition for a plague; in this case, the disease is transmissible across species. "Spongiform" refers to ceUs turning spongy—a sign on the road to a horrible death. Those cells are in the brain—hence "encephalopathies," a medical term for brain inflammation. Rhodes' true tale of terror is populated by hundreds of characters, most of whom are dying patients and medical researchers. The designated protagonist of this large cast is research scientist Carleton Gajdusek , who studied the first human TSE epidemic in 1957 by taking a dangerous trip to the Papua New Guinea highlands. Gajdusek's research has continued into the 1990s. Because so many of Rhodes' characters are courageous, the book offers hope on one level. However, all the noble patients and researchers have been unable to conquer the spreading plague. About the only sure way to avoid it is to drastically alter lifestyles. On the book's final page, Rhodes suggests how extensive the changes would have to be by recounting a recent conversation with Gajdusek: "You know the bone meal that people use on their roses?" Gajdusek asks Rhodes. "It's made from downer cattle [those unable to stand because of disease]. Ground extremely fine. The instructions on the bag warn you not to open it in a closed room. Gets up your nose— Do you use bone meal on your roses?" When Rhodes says "yes," the Nobel Prize-winning virologist, who has studied TSEs for forty years, replies, "I wouldn't if I were you." (SW) The Missouri Review · 225 ...

The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb. Richard Rhodes

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsThe Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures on How to Build an Atomic Bomb. Richard Rhodes Paul W. HenriksenPaul W. Henriksen Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Isis Volume 84, Number 3Sep., 1993 Publication of the History of Science Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/356614 Views: 1Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1993 History of Science Society, Inc.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article: John Neu Current Bibliography of the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences, 1994, Isis 85 (Oct 2015): 1–300.https://doi.org/10.1086/357072

The Los Alamos Primer: The First Lectures On How to Build an Atomic Bomb.

This work features the classified lectures that galvanized the Manhattan Project scientists - with annotations for the nonspecialist reader and an introduction by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. In March 1943 a group of young scientists, sequestered on a mesa near Santa Fe, attended a crash course in the new atomic physics. lecturer was Robert Serber, J. Robert Oppenheimer's protege, and they learned that their job was to invent the world's first atomic bomb. Serber's lecture notes, nicknamed the Alamos Primer, were mimeographed and passed from hand to hand, remaining classified for many years. They are published here for the first time, and now contemporary readers can see just how much was known and how terrifyingly much was unknown when the Manhattan Project began. Could this 'gadget', based on the newly discovered principles of nuclear fission, really be designed and built? Could it be small enough and light enough for an airplane to carry? If it could be built, could it be controlled? Working with Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the development of the atomic bomb, Professor Serber has annotated original lecture notes with explanations of the physics terms for the nonspecialist. His preface, an informal memoir, vividly conveys the mingled excitement, uncertainty, and intensity felt by the Manhattan Project scientists. Rhodes' introduction provides a brief history of the development of atomic physics up to the day that Serber stood before his blackboard at Los Alamos. In this edition, The Los Alamos Primer finally emerges from the archives to give a new understanding of the very beginning of nuclear weapons. No seminar anywhere has had greater historical consequences.

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Prophets in Combat: The Nicaraguan Journal of Bishop Pedro Casaldaliga translated and edited by Phillip Berryman Oak Park, Ill., Meyer‐Stone, 1989. 114pp. The Silencing of Leonardo Boff: The Vatican and The Future of World Christianity by Harvey Cox Oak Park, Ill., Meyer‐Stone, 1988. 208pp. The Liberation Theology Debate by Rosino Gibellini Maryknoll, NY., Orbis Books, 1987. 120pp. A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics and Salvation (A revision of the 1973 English edition with new introduction) by Gustavo Gutierrez Maryknoll, NY., Orbis Books, 1988. 264pp. God‐Walk: Liberation Shaping Dogmatics by Frederick Herzog Maryknoll, NY., Orbis Books, 1988. 272pp. The Kairos Covenant: Standing With South African Christians by Willis H. Logan Oak Park, Ill., Meyer‐Stone, c1988. 184pp. New Thinking About Strategy And International Security edited by Ken Booth London, Harper‐Collins Academic, 1991. 390pp. A$42.95. Neutrality and Foreign Military Sales: Military Production and Sales Restrictions in Austria, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland by Bjorn Hagelin Boulder, Co., Westview Press, 1990. 158pp. US$22.95. Fires All Around the Horizon: The UN's Uphill Battle to Preserve the Peace by Max Harrelson New York, Praeger, 1989. 259pp. U.S.$16.95 The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1989. 866pp. A$24.99.

<sc>richard rhodes</sc>. <italic>The Making of the Atomic Bomb</italic>. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1988. Pp. 886. $22.95

richard rhodes. The Making of the Atomic Bomb. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1988. Pp. 886. $22.95 Get access Rhodes Richard. The Making of the Atomic Bomb. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1988. Pp. 886. $22.95 Barton C. Hacker Barton C. Hacker Oregon State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 95, Issue 3, June 1990, Pages 935–936, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/95.3.935-a Published: 01 June 1990

The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

1078 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE W. David Lewis and William F. Trimble have written a welldocumented story of a great experiment, in good old-fashioned English, eschewing quasi-technical terms or conventional trendy clichés. They support the thoroughly readable text with the statutory “footnotes” demanded of the scholarly fraternity as a sine qua non. (But I join A. J. P. Taylor in his abhorrence of putting notes at the end of the book, necessitating much thumbing of pages and much losing of place.) My main criticism of this book should probably be directed not at the authors but at the publisher. The photographs do not reproduce well on the slightly absorbent paper. They were not always captioned clearly: I read the explanation on page 112 several times before realizing that half the picture was missing. The text cries out for cartographic support in appropriate places, where the ever-changing route network is discussed. The map on page 137 comes as a surprise, as hitherto an atlas was needed for clarification. Worst of all is the absence of diagrams to explain the workings and subsequent modifi­ cations of the grappling system, ground installations, and tension­ easing devices. I read the textual explanations several times and confess that 1 was little wiser than when I began. These shortcomings apart, however, I thoroughly recommend this book as a fascinating account of one of the brave attempts, but at the same time one of the failures, in air transport history—an attempt that laid the foundations of one of the major trunk airlines today, USAir. R. E. G. Davies Mr. Davies is the curator of air transport at the National Air and Space Museum. He has written extensively on the subject of airline history and of air transport, in six books as well as innumerable periodical articles. The All American airmail pickup scheme is referred to in his book Airlines ofthe United States since 1914, which sets the operation in the broader perspective of the growth of the local service and regional airline industry. The Making of the Atomic Bomb. By Richard Rhodes. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. Pp. 886; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $22.95 (cloth); $12.95 (paper). This Pulitzer and National Book Prize—winning work (for 1987) by Richard Rhodes is an exceptionally well-written account of the building and use of the first nuclear weapons. Rhodes presents an extensive historical exploration of the scientific and political back­ ground to the bomb that focuses on people—the scientists, engineers, and administrators. He synthesizes a large amount of material, most of it published, and ably weaves various lines of development together to render a most up-to-date and surely most readable version of the exciting story. TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 1079 Starting with Ernest Rutherford’s 1911 discovery of the atomic nucleus, the first third of the book is mostly devoted to the history of nuclear physics before World War II. By narrating the milestone events in the held up to the discovery of nuclear fission in 1938, Rhodes does more than provide the necessary scientific framework within which the bomb was created. Scientists’ faith in and practice of openness are well illustrated. Scientists are also shown interacting far beyond their national boundaries. Making full use of biographies, Rhodes introduces prominent scientists such as Niels Bohr, Leo Szilard, Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg,James Chadwick, Enrico Fermi, Otto Hahn, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, Ed­ ward Teller, and many others, when he describes their discoveries. These men eventually became the central figures in the atomic bomb projects on the two sides of World War II. The American efforts apparently originated in “the Hungarian Conspiracy” led by Szilard. Always concerned about the fate of the world, Szilard, in the days after fission’s discovery, was alarmed by the possibility of an atomic bomb and particularly of its being in Nazi hands first. Together with Eugene Wigner and Teller, two fellow Hungarian refugee scientists, he went to see Einstein to encourage him to write what became the famous letter that brought the matter to President Roosevelt’s attention. Although given some support in 1939, for bureaucratic and technical reasons the bomb...

Review: The Making of the Atomic Bomb, by Richard Rhodes

Review: <i>The Making of the Atomic Bomb</i>, by Richard Rhodes

Cheyenne Pitch Rules

I Cheyenne, a member of the Algonquian language family, is spoken in central Oklahoma and on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in southeastern Montana. The phonemes of Cheyenne are: p, t, k, ?, s, s, h, m, n, v, a, e, and o. /e/ varies phonetically from [i] to [e], centering on [t]. / o/ varies from [u] to [o]. /t/ assibilates to [ts] preceding /e/. /h/ has the allophone [s] between /e/ and /t/, and [s] between /e/ and /k/. [x] is an allophone of /g/ and /h/; see Leman (1980a). In this article, Cheyenne transcriptions are orthographic (a practical transcription very close to a classical phonemic level), unless otherwise noted. A dot over a vowel indicates that it is voiceless. For descriptions of Cheyenne phonological rules see Frantz (1972a) and Leman (1979). This study, particularly in the basic analysis of the pitch sandhi, has benefited from discussions with Richard Rhodes. I am indebted to him and to several Cheyenne speakers who somehow survived hours of my efforts to hear pitches on words they patiently pronounced.

Reviews of Books

Abstract The Real War By Richard M. Nixon (Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1980), £8.95, 341 pages. Reviewed by John Barraclough. Strategic chess?The Brink. The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 By David Detzer (J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1980), £6.95, 299 pages. Reviewed by Phil Williams. Racey accountA Short Thousand Years: The end of Rhodesia's rebellion By Paul L. Moorcraft (Galaxie Press, Salisbury, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, 1979), RS 9.95, 280 pages. Reviewed by John Day. A sordid businessFortune's Hostages: Kidnapping in the World Today By Caroline Moorehead (Hamish Hamilton, London, 1980), £8.95, 256 pages. Reviewed by John Terraine. Wings across the AtlanticA Few Great CaptainsBy D. S. Copp (Doubleday & Co, Inc, New York, 1980), SI7.50, 552 pages. Reviewed by H.A. Probert. The hunter and the huntedHistory of the German Night Fighter Force 1917–1945 By Gebhard Aders (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1979), £9.95, 284 pages. Reviewed by R.A. Mason. 40th anniversaryTarget EnglandBy Derek Wood (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1980), £8.95, 192 pages. Reviewed by C.N. Foxley-Norris. Aircraft of the Battle of Britain By William Green (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1980), £1.95, 64 pages. Reviewed by C.N. Foxley-Norris. Silhouettes Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook By Derek Wood (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1979), £4.95, 512 pages. Reviewed by F.W. Thompson. A military form bookWorld Armies By John Keegan et al. (Macmillan, London, 1979), £22.50, 834 pages. Reviewed by Michael Hickey. Moore naval reflections Jane's Fighting Ships 1980–1981 Edited by Captain John E. Moore, RN (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1980), £40, 780 pages. Reviewed by B.B. Schofield. A genuine grievanceThe Great Gunnery Scandal: The Mystery of Jutland By Anthony Pollen (Collins, London, 1980), £7.50, 280 pages. Reviewed by Bryna Ranft. Tipping the balanceNight Strike from Malta: 830 Squadron R.N. and Rommel's Convoys By Kenneth Poolman (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1980), £7.95, 192 pages. Reviewed by C.N. Foxley-Norris. On to GermanyOne More River, The Rhine Crossings of 1945 By Peter Allen (J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1980), £9.95, 320 pages. Reviewed by P.H.C. Hayward. Without bitternessChinditBy Richard Rhodes James (John Murray, London, 1980), £10.50, 214 pages. Reviewed by Shelford Bidwell. The top league Fit to Lead? By Hugh L'Etang£(Heinemann, London, 1980), £4.50, 199 pages. Reviewed by E.F. Gueritz. World Leaders By Jean Blondel (Sage Publications, London, 1980), £12.60 cloth, £6.25 paper, 270 pages. Reviewed by E.F. Gueritz. Secret thoughts on show Intercept: Secrets of the Enigma War By Jóseph Garlińiski (J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1979), £7.95, 219 pages. Reviewed by H.G. Woods. Ultra in the West: The Normandy Campaign of 1944–45 By Ralph Bennett (Hutchinson Publishing Group, London, 1979), £9.95, 305 pages. Reviewed by H.G. Woods. Female intelligenceThe Enemy is ListeningBy Aileen Clayton (Hutchinson Publishing Group, London, 1980), £9.95, 355 pages. Reviewed by E.B. Haslam. Tank tacticsArmour in Conflict: The Design and Tactics of Armoured Fighting Vehicles By Ian V. Hogg (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1980), £8.75, 208 pages. Reviewed by Charles Messenger. Front line experiencesThe Sharp End of War. The Fighting Man in World War II By John Ellis (David and Charles, London, 1979), £8.95, 400 pages. Reviewed by P.H.C. Hayward. Happy memoriesBrightly Shone the DawnBy Garry Johnson and Christopher Dunphie (Frederick Warne, Dorking, 1980), £7.50, 138 pages. Reviewed by Peter Inge. Scholarly tomesThe Study and Teaching of International Relations Edited by R. C. Kent and G. P. Nielsson (Frances Pinter, London, 1980), £15.00, 358 pages. Reviewed by Brian White. The Scientific Study of Foreign Policy By James N. Rosenau (Frances Pinter, London, 198O), £6.95 paperback, £15.00 hardback, 577 pages. Reviewed by Brian White. Below parUncertain Judgment. A Bibliography of War Crimes Trials Compiled by John R. Lewis (American Bibliographical Center, Clio Press, Santa Barbara and Oxford, 1979), £10.95, 251 pages. Reviewed by Geoffrey Best.

Reviews of books

Abstract Abstract The Real War By Richard M. Nixon (Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1980), £8.95, 341 pages. Reviewed by John Barraclough. Strategic chess?The Brink. The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 By David Detzer (J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1980), £6.95, 299 pages. Reviewed by Phil Williams. Racey accountA Short Thousand Years: The end of Rhodesia's rebellion By Paul L. Moorcraft (Galaxie Press, Salisbury, Zimbabwe-Rhodesia, 1979), RS 9.95, 280 pages. Reviewed by John Day. A sordid businessFortune's Hostages: Kidnapping in the World Today By Caroline Moorehead (Hamish Hamilton, London, 1980), £8.95, 256 pages. Reviewed by John Terraine. Wings across the AtlanticA Few Great CaptainsBy D. S. Copp (Doubleday & Co, Inc, New York, 1980), SI7.50, 552 pages. Reviewed by H.A. Probert. The hunter and the huntedHistory of the German Night Fighter Force 1917–1945 By Gebhard Aders (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1979), £9.95, 284 pages. Reviewed by R.A. Mason. 40th anniversaryTarget EnglandBy Derek Wood (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1980), £8.95, 192 pages. Reviewed by C.N. Foxley-Norris. Aircraft of the Battle of Britain By William Green (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1980), £1.95, 64 pages. Reviewed by C.N. Foxley-Norris. Silhouettes Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook By Derek Wood (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1979), £4.95, 512 pages. Reviewed by F.W. Thompson. A military form bookWorld Armies By John Keegan et al. (Macmillan, London, 1979), £22.50, 834 pages. Reviewed by Michael Hickey. Moore naval reflections Jane's Fighting Ships 1980–1981 Edited by Captain John E. Moore, RN (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1980), £40, 780 pages. Reviewed by B.B. Schofield. A genuine grievanceThe Great Gunnery Scandal: The Mystery of Jutland By Anthony Pollen (Collins, London, 1980), £7.50, 280 pages. Reviewed by Bryna Ranft. Tipping the balanceNight Strike from Malta: 830 Squadron R.N. and Rommel's Convoys By Kenneth Poolman (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1980), £7.95, 192 pages. Reviewed by C.N. Foxley-Norris. On to GermanyOne More River, The Rhine Crossings of 1945 By Peter Allen (J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1980), £9.95, 320 pages. Reviewed by P.H.C. Hayward. Without bitternessChinditBy Richard Rhodes James (John Murray, London, 1980), £10.50, 214 pages. Reviewed by Shelford Bidwell. The top league Fit to Lead? By Hugh L'Etang£(Heinemann, London, 1980), £4.50, 199 pages. Reviewed by E.F. Gueritz. World Leaders By Jean Blondel (Sage Publications, London, 1980), £12.60 cloth, £6.25 paper, 270 pages. Reviewed by E.F. Gueritz. Secret thoughts on show Intercept: Secrets of the Enigma War By Jóseph Garlińiski (J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1979), £7.95, 219 pages. Reviewed by H.G. Woods. Ultra in the West: The Normandy Campaign of 1944–45 By Ralph Bennett (Hutchinson Publishing Group, London, 1979), £9.95, 305 pages. Reviewed by H.G. Woods. Female intelligenceThe Enemy is ListeningBy Aileen Clayton (Hutchinson Publishing Group, London, 1980), £9.95, 355 pages. Reviewed by E.B. Haslam. Tank tacticsArmour in Conflict: The Design and Tactics of Armoured Fighting Vehicles By Ian V. Hogg (Jane's Publishing Company, London, 1980), £8.75, 208 pages. Reviewed by Charles Messenger. Front line experiencesThe Sharp End of War. The Fighting Man in World War II By John Ellis (David and Charles, London, 1979), £8.95, 400 pages. Reviewed by P.H.C. Hayward. Happy memoriesBrightly Shone the DawnBy Garry Johnson and Christopher Dunphie (Frederick Warne, Dorking, 1980), £7.50, 138 pages. Reviewed by Peter Inge. Scholarly tomesThe Study and Teaching of International Relations Edited by R. C. Kent and G. P. Nielsson (Frances Pinter, London, 1980), £15.00, 358 pages. Reviewed by Brian White. The Scientific Study of Foreign Policy By James N. Rosenau (Frances Pinter, London, 198O), £6.95 paperback, £15.00 hardback, 577 pages. Reviewed by Brian White. Below parUncertain Judgment. A Bibliography of War Crimes Trials Compiled by John R. Lewis (American Bibliographical Center, Clio Press, Santa Barbara and Oxford, 1979), £10.95, 251 pages. Reviewed by Geoffrey Best.

Papers of the Seventh Algonquian Conference, 1975 Edited by Michael K. Foster (review)

BRIEF NOTICES 501 grouping within Montagnais, arguing that the Bersimis dialect stands apart from the others. The only linguistic paper which goes beyond Algonquian materials is David H. Pentland's account of diminutive consonant symbolism. After documenting this phenomenon for Algonquian in greater detail than has previously been done, Pentland expands on Karl Teeter's suggestion (IJAL 25:43, 1959) that the rule affricating dental stops which is operative in diminutives in Wiyot (and in Yurok, which Teeter does not mention in this connection), as well as in Algonquian, should be ascribed to Proto-Algic: he claims that an s -* S diminutive rule has the same status— and further, that Proto-Algic is the single source in North America for both this palatalizing variety of diminutive consonant symbolism and the / —>¦ r type found in Wiyot and Yurok. Finally, John Hewson reports on the progress ofacomputer-assisted Proto-Algonquian dictionary based on Bloomfield's Fox, Cree, Menomini, and Ojibwa data, as well as on Ojibwa data from the University of Toronto. A welcome feature of this work, 75% complete at the time of the conference, is an alphabetical list of reconstructed morphemes, cross-referenced to the entries ofthe dictionary proper. Unfortunately, however, neither the keypunching nor the cross-referencing is error-free in the sample pages offered as appendices. [Brent de Chene, UCLA.] Papers of the Seventh Algonquian Conference , 1975. Edited by William Cowan. Ottawa: Carleton University, 1976. Pp. 493, 19. This volume contains 25 papers on 'the history, archaeology, ethnology and linguistics of the Algonquian-speaking peoples'. Those of primarily linguistic content are: Philip Barbour, 'Ocanahowan and recently discovered linguistic fragments from southern Virginia, c. 1650" (2-17); D. H. Pentland, 'In defence of Edward Umfreville' (62-104; upholds the validity of Umfreville's Atsina vocabulary of 1790); George F. Aubin, 'Color terms in Narragansett' (105-14; supports the views of Berlin & Kay, Basic color terms, 1969); Richard Rhodes, ? preliminary report on the dialects of Eastern Ojibwa-Odawa' (129-56); Donald G. Frantz, 'Unspecified-object phenomena in Algonquian ' (197-216); Jean H. Rogers, 'Coding of role information in Ojibwa' (257-71 ; how cross-reference works); Bruce Pearson, 'Lexical symbolization and phonological processes in Delaware' (297-311, a 'model of a phonological grammar'); William Cowan, "The generation gap in Montagnais dialectology' (323-38); Alan Ford, 'L'accentuation dans Ie montagnais de la Moisie' (347-60); James L. Fidelholtz, 'Someconsiderationsin developing an orthography for the Micmac language' (361-413); Barbara Burnaby, 'Algonquian languages in Indian education' (436-49). Of related interest is Dean R. Snow, "The archaeological implications of the ProtoAlgonquian Urheimat' (339-46), re-examining Frank Siebert's 1967 attempt to derive culture-historical information from reconstructed lexicon. Under the broader heading of 'ethnography of communication', an article by Richard J. Preston, 'Reticence and self-expression; a study of style in social relationships' (450-94), describes Eastern Cree values in terms which might be relevant for many other American Indian cultures, and provides a curious sidelight on linguistic acculturation: 'Where the persons have not seen each other for some time, a single, nearly limp handshake is appropriate, often with the verbal greeting "Wachia" or "Bosure" or "Hello" ... Wachia is a modification of "What cheer" and Boshure [sic] is a modified "Bonjour" ...' (461; 491, fn. 6). As Cowan says in his editorial introduction, 'it is a pleasure to reflect on how far we have come ... from 1964, when ... there were 12 linguists in all of North America actively engaged in Algonquian linguistics. There must be many dozens by now.' [William Bright, UCLA.] Papers in linguistics from the 1972 Conference on Iroquoian Research. Edited by Michael K. Foster. (National Museum of Man, Mercury series, Ethnology Division, paper 10.) Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1974. Pp. vii, 118. $1.50. Five of the seven papers presented at the Conference on Iroquoian Research in 1972 form the content of this publication. The general linguist may find the first three papers ...

Papers in linguistics from the 1972 Conference on Iroquoian Research Edited by Michael K. Foster (review)

BRIEF NOTICES 501 grouping within Montagnais, arguing that the Bersimis dialect stands apart from the others. The only linguistic paper which goes beyond Algonquian materials is David H. Pentland's account of diminutive consonant symbolism. After documenting this phenomenon for Algonquian in greater detail than has previously been done, Pentland expands on Karl Teeter's suggestion (IJAL 25:43, 1959) that the rule affricating dental stops which is operative in diminutives in Wiyot (and in Yurok, which Teeter does not mention in this connection), as well as in Algonquian, should be ascribed to Proto-Algic: he claims that an s -* S diminutive rule has the same status— and further, that Proto-Algic is the single source in North America for both this palatalizing variety of diminutive consonant symbolism and the / —>¦ r type found in Wiyot and Yurok. Finally, John Hewson reports on the progress ofacomputer-assisted Proto-Algonquian dictionary based on Bloomfield's Fox, Cree, Menomini, and Ojibwa data, as well as on Ojibwa data from the University of Toronto. A welcome feature of this work, 75% complete at the time of the conference, is an alphabetical list of reconstructed morphemes, cross-referenced to the entries ofthe dictionary proper. Unfortunately, however, neither the keypunching nor the cross-referencing is error-free in the sample pages offered as appendices. [Brent de Chene, UCLA.] Papers of the Seventh Algonquian Conference , 1975. Edited by William Cowan. Ottawa: Carleton University, 1976. Pp. 493, 19. This volume contains 25 papers on 'the history, archaeology, ethnology and linguistics of the Algonquian-speaking peoples'. Those of primarily linguistic content are: Philip Barbour, 'Ocanahowan and recently discovered linguistic fragments from southern Virginia, c. 1650" (2-17); D. H. Pentland, 'In defence of Edward Umfreville' (62-104; upholds the validity of Umfreville's Atsina vocabulary of 1790); George F. Aubin, 'Color terms in Narragansett' (105-14; supports the views of Berlin & Kay, Basic color terms, 1969); Richard Rhodes, ? preliminary report on the dialects of Eastern Ojibwa-Odawa' (129-56); Donald G. Frantz, 'Unspecified-object phenomena in Algonquian ' (197-216); Jean H. Rogers, 'Coding of role information in Ojibwa' (257-71 ; how cross-reference works); Bruce Pearson, 'Lexical symbolization and phonological processes in Delaware' (297-311, a 'model of a phonological grammar'); William Cowan, "The generation gap in Montagnais dialectology' (323-38); Alan Ford, 'L'accentuation dans Ie montagnais de la Moisie' (347-60); James L. Fidelholtz, 'Someconsiderationsin developing an orthography for the Micmac language' (361-413); Barbara Burnaby, 'Algonquian languages in Indian education' (436-49). Of related interest is Dean R. Snow, "The archaeological implications of the ProtoAlgonquian Urheimat' (339-46), re-examining Frank Siebert's 1967 attempt to derive culture-historical information from reconstructed lexicon. Under the broader heading of 'ethnography of communication', an article by Richard J. Preston, 'Reticence and self-expression; a study of style in social relationships' (450-94), describes Eastern Cree values in terms which might be relevant for many other American Indian cultures, and provides a curious sidelight on linguistic acculturation: 'Where the persons have not seen each other for some time, a single, nearly limp handshake is appropriate, often with the verbal greeting "Wachia" or "Bosure" or "Hello" ... Wachia is a modification of "What cheer" and Boshure [sic] is a modified "Bonjour" ...' (461; 491, fn. 6). As Cowan says in his editorial introduction, 'it is a pleasure to reflect on how far we have come ... from 1964, when ... there were 12 linguists in all of North America actively engaged in Algonquian linguistics. There must be many dozens by now.' [William Bright, UCLA.] Papers in linguistics from the 1972 Conference on Iroquoian Research. Edited by Michael K. Foster. (National Museum of Man, Mercury series, Ethnology Division, paper 10.) Ottawa: National Museums of Canada, 1974. Pp. vii, 118. $1.50. Five of the seven papers presented at the Conference on Iroquoian Research in 1972 form the content of this publication. The general linguist may find the first three papers 502 LANGUAGE, VOLUME 53, NUMBER 2 (1977) of most interest, although they are quite modest in scope. A brief summary of each paper follows. Hanni Woodbury, 'Noun incorporation and Onondaga "relative" constructions', shows that an Iroquois noun may, under certain conditions, be incorporated into the verb...

Reduplication and Anomalous Rule Ordering in Copala Trique

1Pamela Munro and Peter John Benson, Reduplication and Rule Ordering in Luisefio, IJAL 39 (1973): 15-21. 2 Leonard Bloomfield, Language (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1933), p. 222. 3 Copala Trique is a Mixtecan language spoken by about eight thousand people in the districts of Juxtlahuaca and Putla, Oaxaca, Mexico. The data for this paper were gathered on field trips to San Juan Copala from 1962 to 1973 under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. I wish to thank my husband, Bruce, for his helpful comments on this problem, and also C. Henry Bradley, Donald Frantz, Richard Rhodes, and David Thomas for reading earlier drafts of this paper and criticizing them. 4 Bloomfield, p. 218. 5 Edward Sapir, Language (New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1921), p. 79. narrow to include Copala Trique reduplication, in which one or more words are repeated. (Copala Trique words rarely exceed three syllables, and nonnuclear syllables have such severe limitations on the occurrence of phonological features that reduplication within the word would be virtually impossible.) This reduplication signals continuation, repetition, or intensification of a predicate. The most common kind of repetition involves a verb root. Examples: 6 (1) utu35 utu35 zini3 (scratch scratch boy) The boy scratches a lot. (2) giri34 giri34 zo?3 tah34 du?wa3 zo 3 (took-out took-out it thorn mouth-of it) It kept on taking thorns out of its mouth.

Reduplication and anomalous rule ordering in Copala Trique

1Pamela Munro and Peter John Benson, Reduplication and Rule Ordering in Luisefio, IJAL 39 (1973): 15-21. 2 Leonard Bloomfield, Language (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1933), p. 222. 3 Copala Trique is a Mixtecan language spoken by about eight thousand people in the districts of Juxtlahuaca and Putla, Oaxaca, Mexico. The data for this paper were gathered on field trips to San Juan Copala from 1962 to 1973 under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. I wish to thank my husband, Bruce, for his helpful comments on this problem, and also C. Henry Bradley, Donald Frantz, Richard Rhodes, and David Thomas for reading earlier drafts of this paper and criticizing them. 4 Bloomfield, p. 218. 5 Edward Sapir, Language (New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1921), p. 79. narrow to include Copala Trique reduplication, in which one or more words are repeated. (Copala Trique words rarely exceed three syllables, and nonnuclear syllables have such severe limitations on the occurrence of phonological features that reduplication within the word would be virtually impossible.) This reduplication signals continuation, repetition, or intensification of a predicate. The most common kind of repetition involves a verb root. Examples: 6 (1) utu35 utu35 zini3 (scratch scratch boy) The boy scratches a lot. (2) giri34 giri34 zo?3 tah34 du?wa3 zo 3 (took-out took-out it thorn mouth-of it) It kept on taking thorns out of its mouth.