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Basic Books on Linguistics


Language Files 10
by Ohio State University (2007). An excellent introduction to the discipline of linguistics.

Surviving Linguistics
by Monica Macaulay (2006). A Guide for Graduate Students.

Mastering your Ph.D.
by Patricia Gosling and Bart Noordam (2006). Written to carry you through your Ph.D. years and beyond.

Online Book: How Language Works
by Michael Gasser's (2006). A well organized, easy to understand online book about linguistics.

Changing Linguistic Pedagogy
by Marnie Jo Petray (2004). A case study of five introductory linguistics textbooks.

Contemporary Linguistics: An Introduction
by William O'Grady, John Archibald, Mark Aronoff and Janie Rees-Miller (2005). A great introduction to linguistics and its subfields.

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These are Some of our Favorites


Caught in the Web of Words: James Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary by K.M. Elisabeth Murray (1977). A bibliography of James Murray, one of the first British lexicographers.

Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir (1921). This book should be read by every student of linguistics.

The Discovery of Language by Holger Pedersen (1931). A great book in Historical Lingusitics.


Terminology References and Guides


SIL's Glossary of Linguistic Terms
by Eugene E. Loos (Ed.) (2006). An excellent introduction to the discipline of linguistics.

The Lingua Descriptive Studies Questionnaire
by Max Planck Institute. A list of terms and questions to keep in mind when doing field linguistics.

Leipzig Glossing Rules
by Max Planck Institute. Glossing conventions proposed the Max Planck Inst.

GOLD Ontology
A standard in data encoding to support linguistic data interoperability.


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