Query Details
| Query Subject: |
Intro to Linguistics book for Entrance Exam
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| Author: | Deborah Ruuskanen |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email |
| Query: |
We've just been told we need to change the linguistics book for the entrance exam, and we need to give the admin people the title of the new book by the end of this week (Friday 28 September). Basically we need a book that introduces linguistics to the layman, i.e. a 'study of language' type book. The level is more or less equivalent to secondary school grads in the USA or the UK, and since they have to buy it, i should not be too expensive (around £12 pounds UK, 20 Euros, 15 dollars US). It should also cover more than one theory of syntax, e.g. a book that considers Chomsky to be the only authority on syntax is no acceptable: talking about syntax and 'rules of grammar' as a general idea without getting into any theories at all is ok. We've been using Trask, R.L. (1995) Language: the Basics. We like the Trask book. But we've been using it for five years and now we have to get another book. HELP! Reply to me personally a dru@uwasa.fi and I'll summarise for the list if there's enough interest. Cheers, Deborah D.K. Ruuskanen Prof. of English Linguistics, University of Vaasa, Finland |
