<div dir="ltr">We are using <div>Kate Burridge and Tonya Stebbins'  For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/for-the-love-of-language/F2F13289DE2862283A544E14DAC76956#overview">https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/for-the-love-of-language/F2F13289DE2862283A544E14DAC76956#overview</a></div><div><br></div><div>Regards, </div><div>Anna</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 at 22:54, Raffaele Simone via Lingtyp <<a href="mailto:lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org">lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4209564928840278480">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt">it depends on the language.s your friend commands.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt">My
<i>Nuovi fondamenti di linguistica</i>, </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14pt">reissued i</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt">n 2024 in a totally rewritten and updated edition (after
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14pt">thirty-five reprints and a couple of translations, although not in English)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt">, could be a useful tool to an
 Italian-reading person.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt">Raffaele<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Prix de l'Institut de France-Fondation Bonnefous 2022</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://uniroma3.academia.edu/RaffaeleSimone" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://uniroma3.academia.edu/RaffaeleSimone</span></a></span></u></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Da:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Lingtyp <<a href="mailto:lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org" target="_blank">lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>>
<b>Per conto di </b>Nigel Vincent via Lingtyp<br>
<b>Inviato:</b> venerdì 24 ottobre 2025 12:51<br>
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<b>Oggetto:</b> [Lingtyp] advice sought<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">A friend has asked me to recommend a good basic introduction to linguistics. It's nearly 20 years since I taught any intro courses and I haven't kept up with the relevant literature. I'd like to suggest to her
 something that covers most subfields and with no particular theoretical slant. What would colleagues recommend? Advice gratefully received.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Nigel<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Professor Nigel Vincent, FBA MAE<br>
Professor Emeritus of General & Romance Linguistics<br>
The University of Manchester<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Linguistics & English Language<br>
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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