toc : anthropological linguistics , vol . 40 , no . 2 * * anthropological linguistics , volume 40 , number 2 ( summer 1998 ) * * contents symposium on irrealis irrealis in pilaga and toba ? syntactic versus pragmatic coding , alejandra vidal and harriet e . manelis klein irrealis constructions in mocho ( mayan ) , laura martin irrealis and perfect in itzaj maya , charles andrew hofling lake miwok irrealis , catherine a . callaghan is irrealis a grammatical category in upper chehalis ? , m . dale kinkade irrealis as category , meaning , or reference , edward h . bendix " irrealis " as a grammatical category , joan l . bybee _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ automatic componential analysis of kinship semantics with a proposed structural solution to the problem of multiple models , vladimir pericliev and raul e . valdes-perez review essay semitic and indo - european : the principal etymologies , with observations on afro - asiatic ( saul levin ) , carleton t . hodge discussion and debate rejoinder , j . marshall unger book reviews the tongue is fire : south african storytellers and apartheid ( harold scheub ) , robert k . herbert korle meets the sea : a sociolinguistic history of accra ( m . e . kropp dakubu ) , adams bodomo a language of our own : the genesis of michif , the mixed cree - french language of the canadian metis ( peter bakker ) , patrick douaud contactos y transferencias linguisticas en hispanoamerica ( signo y sena : revista del instituto de linguistica 6 ) , yolanda lastra language contact in japan : a socio - linguistic history ( leo j . loveday ) , j . marshall unger aryans and british india ( thomas r . trautmann ) , garland cannon negotiating identity : rhetoric , metaphor , and social drama in northern ireland ( anthony d . buckley and mary catherine kenney ) , steve coleman conceptual structure , discourse , and language ( adele e . goldberg ) , william a . foley speech acts and conversational interaction : toward a theory of conversational competence ( michael l . geis ) , jef verschueren historical syntax in cross - linguistic perspective ( alice c . harris and lyle campbell ) , h . paul manning * * * * * * * annual subscription rates ( for 4 issues ) : $ 30 for u . s . individuals ; $ 38 for non - u . s . individuals ; $ 65 for u . s . institutions ; $ 75 for non - u . s . institutions . payment should be in u . s . funds by check or postal money order made payable to anthropological linguistics . visa and mastercard are also accepted . subscriptions and inquires should be sent to : anthropological linguistics , student building 130 ( c ) , indiana university , bloomington , in 47405 usa ; fax : ( 812 ) 855-7529 ; e-mail : < anthling @ indiana . edu > . for abstracts and more information , visit our website at : < http : / / www . indiana . edu / ~ anthling >