Query Details
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Alternatives to "Projects in Linguistics (Wray et al., eds.)"
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| Author: | Loren A. Billings |
| Submitter Email: | click here to access email |
| Query: |
I am planning to teach a course in which last-year undergraduates will be assigned a research project. I am considering one book in particular: Projects in Linguistics: A Practical Guide to Researching Language. (1988) Alison Wray, Kate Trott, and Aileen Bloomer, eds. London: Arnold. The publisher's web site for this book is quite detailed: http://www.arnoldpublishers.com/Scripts/webbook.asp?isbn=0340652101 So far, I have found one bit of commentary about this book on Linguist: http://www.linguistlist.org/~ask-ling/archive-most-recent/msg07553.html I have also found several course syllabi on the web that highly recommend the book. However, I have found no discussion of other books in this category. Are there such publications? As I see it, this book is very strong in areas of applied and experimental linguistics bu quite skimpy in areas of linguistic theory; see the publisher's web site for list of topics the book covers. (As a theorist, I could use some help with things like statistics and sociolinguistics, so this book happens to complement my interests nicely.) Before taking the plunge, I thought I might ask you all about any other options. Any comments would be appreciated, and I promise to post a summary. Loren A. Billings, Ph.D. Associate professor of linguistics Department of Foreign Languages and Literature National Chi Nan University Puli, Nantou, Taiwan 545 E-mail: billings@ncnu.edu.tw |
