21.3553, Qs: Overview of Modern Linguistic Theory

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Subject: 21.3553, Qs: Overview of Modern Linguistic Theory

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Date: 03-Sep-2010
From: Marina Gorlach < mgorlach at hotmail.com >
Subject: Overview of Modern Linguistic Theory
 

	
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Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:23:57
From: Marina Gorlach [mgorlach at hotmail.com]
Subject: Overview of Modern Linguistic Theory

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Dear colleagues,

Can you please recommend a good book/textbook providing an 
overview of several contemporary approaches to linguistic analysis 
(such as, for example, cognitive grammar, construction grammar, 
minimalist syntax, functional grammar/s, etc.) in one volume? 

I need a textbook for teaching Modern Language Theory - a 
concluding class of our undergraduate program. Students taking this 
class usually have already taken 4-5 different courses in linguistics. 
Our goal is to provide an overview of the present situation in the 
discipline of linguistics - what schools of thought are active and how 
their analyses are different. I have never found any single volume 
describing several contemporary theories of language analysis and 
used an assortment of articles instead. 

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, and I will post a summary of 
your responses. 

Thank you,
Marina Gorlach
Metropolitan State College of Denver 

Linguistic Field(s): Discipline of Linguistics
                     General Linguistics




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