Interested very much in Linguistics as a major

[sicola at DOLPHIN.UPENN.EDU]

Chris -

I've used George Yule's "The Study of Language" as a very brief, down-to-earth
overview of all the basic areas of linguistics when teaching non-majors. Each
chapter is only about 10 pages, lots of examples, and not full of techno-
babble. Very readable, especially as an introduction to the field in general.

Good luck!
Laura

Quoting Forty8STITCHES at aol.com:

> 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
>


--