These recommendations for preliminary reading are based on the four Part I papers, which all Linguistics Tripos undergraduates study in their first year.Ìý
Sounds and Words
Crystal, D. (1997)ÌýThe °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Encyclopedia of LanguageÌý(Chapters 27-29, 40). °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ University Press. Pinker, S. (1995)ÌýThe language instinctÌý(Chapters 5 & 6). Penguin. Ashby, M. & Maidment, J. (2005)ÌýIntroducing Phonetic Science.Ìý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ University Press. Davenport, M. & Hannahs, S.J. (2005)ÌýIntroducing Phonetics and Phonology.ÌýHodder Education. International Phonetic Association (1999)ÌýHandbook of the International Phonetic Association.Ìý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ University Press.
Structures and Meanings
Aitchison, J. 2003ÌýWords in the mind: An introduction to the mental lexiconÌýOxford: Blackwell. Third edition. Baker, M. 2001ÌýAtoms of LanguageÌýOxford: Oxford University Press. Larson, R. 2010ÌýGrammar as ScienceÌý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼, Mass.: MIT Press. Levinson, S.C 1983ÌýPragmaticsÌý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼, UK: °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ University Press Mey, J. L. 2001ÌýPragmatics: An introductionÌýOxford: Blackwell. Second edition. Pinker, S. 2007ÌýThe Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human NatureÌýNew York: Viking Tallerman, M. 1998/2005ÌýUnderstanding syntaxÌýLondon: Arnold.
Language, Brains and Machines
Harley, T. A. 2008 [1995].ÌýThe psychology of language: From data to theory.ÌýHove: Psychology Press. Jurafsky. D, Martin, J. M. 2023. Speech and Language Processing. 3rd Edition. Available online at: O'Grady, W. (2005). How Children Learn Language (°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Approaches to Linguistics). °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼: °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ University Press. Smith, N. & Tsimpli, I. M. 1995.ÌýThe mind of a savant: Language learning and modularity.ÌýOxford: Blackwell. Ìý
Linguistic Variation and Change
Crystal, D. 2003 [2001].ÌýThe °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ encyclopedia of the English language.Ìý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼: CUP. Crystal, D. 2002.ÌýThe English language.ÌýLondon: Penguin. Denison, D., and Hogg, Richard. 2006.ÌýA history of the English language.Ìý°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼: CUP. Graddol, D., Leith, D. & Swann, J.. 2002 [1996].ÌýEnglish: History, diversity and change.ÌýLondon: Routledge. Hughes, A., Trudgill, P. & Watt, D. 2005.ÌýEnglish accents and dialects.ÌýLondon: Hodder Arnold. Kortmann, B. & Upton, C. 2008.ÌýVarieties of English: The British Isles.ÌýBerlin: Mouton de Gruyter. Song, J.J. 2011. The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Typology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Van Gelderen, Elly. 2006.ÌýA history of the English language.ÌýAmsterdam: Benjamins. Whaley, L. 1997. Introduction to Linguistic Typology. The Unity and Diversity of Language.Ìý London: Sage Publications.
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