Book reviews: Lawler, John M., and Helen Aristar Dry (eds), Using Computers in Linguistics: A Practical Guide (reviewed by Matthew Zimmerman); Oakes, Michael P., Statistics for Corpus Linguistics (reviewed by Matthew Zimmerman); Dilley, Roy (ed.), The Problem of Context (reviewed by David Banks); Person Jr, Raymond F., Structure and Meaning in Conversation and Literature (reviewed by Dan McIntyre); Duff, David (ed.), Modern Genre Theory (reviewed by Mike Reynolds); Sowinski, Bernhard, Stilistik: Stiltheorien und Stilanalysen (reviewed by Jean Jacques Weber); Melinié, Georges, La Stylistique (reviewed by Jean Jacques Weber); Lakoff, Robin Tolmach, The Language War (reviewed by Jean Jacques Weber); Cruse, D. Alan, Meaning in Language: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics (reviewed by Gabriela Missikova); Mey, Jacob L., When Voices Clash: A Study in Literary Pragmatics (reviewed by Roger D. Sell); Swan, Mary and Elaine M. Traherne (eds), Rewriting Old English in the Twelfth Century (reviewed by James Milton)