Interested very much in Linguistics as a major

[Martin Edwardes]

I would recommend two books. The first is Jean Aitchison's "Teach
Yourself Linguistics" (1992 (4th edition), Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN
0-340-55938-1). This is under 10 pounds (16 US dollars) and introduces
most of the branches of modern linguistics. The second book is David
Crystal's "Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language" (1997 (2nd edition),
Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-55967-7). This is a good book to
dip into, and it will still be providing useful information when you are
doing your doctorate. At about 18 pounds (30 US dollars) it is
remarkably good value for money.



Martin Edwardes

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If anyone can e-mail me back with any books on basic linguistics (field
doesn't matter, they're all so interesting), I would greatly appreciate
it.  I'm currently a junior in high school, and am seriously considering
majoring in linguistics (again, not sure of the field).  Thanks in
advance.



--chris

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