LINGUIST List 21.5025 Sat Dec 11 2010 Sum: Textbook Recommendations: Typology and Universals Editor for this issue: Danielle St. Jean <daniellelinguistlist.org> New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Nigel Duffield , Textbook Recommendations: Typology and Universals Message 1: Textbook Recommendations: Typology and Universals Date: 10-Dec-2010 From: Nigel Duffield <n.g.duffieldsheffield.ac.uk> Subject: Textbook Recommendations: Typology and Universals E-mail this message to a friend Query for this summary posted in LINGUIST Issue: 21.4890 I received replies on this topic from Mike Morgan, Jae Jung Song, Bálint Tanos, Susanne Gundermann, Sean Witty, Marina Gorlach, Todd Hughes, and Simon Kasper. Thanks to all of you. The clear winner in terms of number of votes was Lindsay Whaley's text "Introduction to Typology" (Sage 1997), with Jae Jung Song's book, "Linguistic Typology: Morphology and Syntax" (Longman, 2001), a healthy contender. (So, if I assign a course text, it will be the Whaley. However, as a couple of you pointed out, the Whaley text is unduly expensive; even comparatively affluent students may balk at the (reduced) price on Amazon of ￥ 6,418. For that reason, I'll think on it more before assigning the text.) Thanks again for the suggestions. Nigel Duffield Linguistic Field(s): Typology New! Visit LL's Multitree project for over 1000 trees dynamically generated from scholarly hypotheses about language relationships:             http://multitree.linguistlist.org/ Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 11-Dec-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.