The Linguistics Student's HandbookOxford University Press, 2007 - 387 pages The book that tells you all the things you felt you were expected to know about linguistics, but were afraid to ask about. * What do you know about Burushaski and Miwok? * What's the difference between paradigmatic and syntagmatic? * What is E-language? * What is a language? * Do parentheical and non-restrictive mean the same thing? * How do you write a bibliographic entry for a work you have not seen? Every student who has asked these questions needs this book. A compendium of useful things for linguistics students to know, from the IPA chart to Saussurean dichotomies, this book will be the constant companion of anyone undertaking studies of linguistics. Part reference work, part revision guide, and with tables providing summary information on some 280 languages, the book provides a new learning tool as a supplement to the usual textbooks and glossaries. |
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accusative marking agglutinative stem-based apophony Approximate number Autonym if known Chomsky conjugation classes Contains following rare diphthongs dvandva English exclusive 1st plural following rare consonant formation types prefix formation types Syntax full reduplication grammar harmony none Morphology Haspelmath information Vowel harmony Katzner known and different Language family Language family Spoken Language name Autonym linguistics Maddieson 1984 Marked vowel types morphological aspect Morphology Particular formation noun classes number of speakers partial prefixed Particular formation types Particular syntactic phenomena phonetics Phonetics/phonology Stress Contains phonology Points of interest polysynthetic PossN postpositions postpositions rare consonant types retroflex Rhythm Vowel harmony Ruhlen Sources Campbell 1991 stem-based stem-based Particular formation Stress Contains following suffix Syntax Word syntactic phenomena Points Syntax Word order system Phonetics/phonology Stress system Roman Phonetics/phonology Tone Rhythm Vowel types Tone Rhythm uvular verb Vowel harmony Morphology vowel types Tone Word order SOV word-based Particular formation word-penultimate Writing system Phonetics/phonology Writing system Roman