[Lingtyp] popular non-generative book

[Marianne Mithun]

And for a larger non-generative intro,

Genetti, Carol (ed.) 2019. *How Languages Work*:* An introduction to
language and linguistics.* 2nd edition. Cambridge.

After the intro 'Language, Languages, and Linguistics', there are chapters
on phonetics, phonology, morphology, word classes, syntax, semantics,
pragmatics, discourse, prosody, language in social world, language change:
The dynamicity of linguistic systems, language contact and areal
linguistics, first language acquisition, and second language acquisition.
Following those there are some language profiles giving newbies a glance at
typologically, genealogically, and areally divers languages. There are
exercises, and online aids as well.

Marianne

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 4:14 AM Dingemanse, Mark <Mark.Dingemanse at mpi.nl>
wrote:

> For a well-written popular book on the language sciences in all their
> breadth, look no further than Nick Evans' 2010 "Dying Words: Endangered
> Languages and What They Have to Tell Us".
>
>
> Misleadingly titled, it is not primarily about endangered languages nor
> about last words. Instead, it is a riveting tour through the language
> sciences and neighbouring areas, from syntax to social cognition, from
> documentary linguistics to deep world history, and from the history
> of writing to verbal art, with sprinkles of
> psycholinguistics, anthropology, musicology and more. I've honestly never
> read a book about language that was as engaging, erudite and interesting.
>
>
> Evans, N. (2010). Dying Words: Endangered Languages and What They Have to
> Tell Us. Chichester, U.K: Wiley-Blackwell.
>
> P.S. I'm not a fan of non-labels like "non-generative" and of overly
> dichotomising approaches to linguistics in general. I think Nick Evans'
> book captures very well the kind of excitement about the intricacies of
> human language that unites linguists of all stripes.
>
> Best,
>
>
> Mark
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