Peter Barss, Gordon Smith, Susan Baker, Dinesh Mohan Oxford University Press, £42.50, pp 384 ISBN 0195119827 Rating: ![Graphic][1]![Graphic][2]![Graphic][3]![Graphic][4] Several years ago I reviewed this book in draft form at the request of the publisher. I was torn: it was a labour of love and a potentially important book, but it had numerous shortcomings. I conveyed my concerns but stressed that everything possible should be done to bring it to press. Thankfully, publisher and authors agreed. What we now have is a landmark addition to a remarkably small shelf of texts about this subject. Originally, the book … [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif [2]: /embed/inline-graphic-2.gif [3]: /embed/inline-graphic-3.gif [4]: /embed/inline-graphic-4.gif
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Barry Pless (1998) studied this question.