LINGUIST List 22.86 Wed Jan 05 2011 Qs: Reading Suggestions: Introductory Linguistics 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/ We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is then strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list. This policy was instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate. In addition to posting a summary, we'd like to remind people that it is usually a good idea to personally thank those individuals who have taken the trouble to respond to the query. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Johanna Rubba , Reading Suggestions: Introductory Linguistics Message 1: Reading Suggestions: Introductory Linguistics Date: 04-Jan-2011 From: Johanna Rubba <jrubbacalpoly.edu> Subject: Reading Suggestions: Introductory Linguistics E-mail this message to a friend Hello, everyone, I would like to compile a list of shortish readings about language for my introduction to linguistics students (and perhaps for use in other courses, as well). Of course, I would like them to be linguistically sound. The topics should be ones that would interest the general reader who is in the process of gaining new insights and new information about language. The articles should be accessible to the general reader. The length I have in mind is, say, the typical length of a New Yorker or Atlantic Monthly feature article. It would be helpful if the articles were accessible full-text online, including through library databases. Some examples I can think of from my own reading habits include a NYer article about Dan Everett's work on Pirahã, an Atl. Monthly one about growing official-language movements for Celtic languages in England, something somewhere about language evolution, something somewhere about language in Neanderthals -- so the topic range is pretty wide open. They don't have to be recent, as long as the content is sound. Newspaper articles would be too short. But if you have some that have a reference to a longer work, it would be helpful to pass that on. If you have some in mind, could you send along the bibliographic information plus a very short summary of the article (1-3 sentences)? I will post a summary of my responses to the list. Thank you, and Happy 2011 to you all! Dr. Johanna Rubba, Ph. D. Professor, Linguistics Linguistics Minor Advisor English Dept. Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 Ofc. tel. : 805-756-2184 Dept. tel.: 805-756-2596 Dept. fax: 805-756-6374 E-mail: jrubbacalpoly.edu URL: http://cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 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: 05-Jan-2011       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.