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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Nigel,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">it depends on the language.s your friend commands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">My
<i>Nuovi fondamenti di linguistica</i>, </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">reissued i</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">n 2024 in a totally rewritten and updated edition (after
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">thirty-five reprints and a couple of translations, although not in English)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">, could be a useful tool to an
Italian-reading person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Raffaele<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Emeritus Professor, Università Roma Tre</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Membre de l'Académie Royale de Belgique</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Accademico (corrispondente) della Crusca</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Prix de l'Institut de France-Fondation Bonnefous 2022</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Attività e pubblicazioni // Activity and publications
<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://uniroma3.academia.edu/RaffaeleSimone"><span style="color:blue">http://uniroma3.academia.edu/RaffaeleSimone</span></a></span></u></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Da:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Lingtyp <lingtyp-bounces@listserv.linguistlist.org>
<b>Per conto di </b>Nigel Vincent via Lingtyp<br>
<b>Inviato:</b> venerdì 24 ottobre 2025 12:51<br>
<b>A:</b> list, typology <lingtyp@listserv.linguistlist.org><br>
<b>Oggetto:</b> [Lingtyp] advice sought<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Nigel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Professor Nigel Vincent, FBA MAE<br>
Professor Emeritus of General & Romance Linguistics<br>
The University of Manchester<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Linguistics & English Language<br>
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">The University of Manchester<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/nigel-vincent(f973a991-8ece-453e-abc5-3ca198c869dc).html">https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/researchers/nigel-vincent(f973a991-8ece-453e-abc5-3ca198c869dc).html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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