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339• [book] heavily descriptive• lack [of considerations]• references to basic literature arelacking• bibliography lacks oppositeliterature• very little is said• quite theoretically oriented•• total lack of attention to othermodels• no reference to specific theoryTable 8 Field RelationPRAISELinguistics Chemistry Economics• maintains high standards [ofprevious work]• good starting point for readingthe original literature• mention to other literature• effort to extend the researchfield• valuable in bringing...European thinking• excellent historic overview• firm international and linguisticbasis• close connection with otherareas of research• book provides a convenientintroduction to much of therelevant literature unfamiliar tononspecialists• other authors would hardlydisagree with author’s generalanalysisBLAMELinguistics Chemistry Economics• need to do a great deal ofbackground reading• • greatest weakness lies in thefailure to recognize the large•• virtual neglect of [otherbody of work in economics andrelated disciplinesopinions]• authors isolate themselves more• reader should be advised tothan necessaryconsult instead the primarysources• authors concede too much terrainto the intellectual empire of the• autoreferenceextreme individualists• reference to forthcomingpapers• lack of coordination withprevious literature• reference to other paper where• no mention of any work on theseauthor has said in more detailareaswhat he really wants to say inthis paper• more related works not discussedor referred to• impossible to relate the book toearlier volumeTable 9 Terms of Praise and BlamePRAISELinguistics Chemistry Economics