[Lingtyp] popular non-generative book

[Bohnemeyer, Juergen]

I’d add Terry Deacon’s (1997) The symbolic species, which sadly hasn’t been updated, but is otherwise an excellent antidote to Pinker’s nativism. And it’s a true pop-science book in the best sense. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Symbolic_Species

Juergen

> On Jan 23, 2020, at 7:00 PM, Daniel W. Hieber <dwhieb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Vladimir,
>  
> All of the following may be of potential interest. Each of them is primarily functionalist in their orientation.
>  
> 	• Deutscher, Guy. 2011. Through the language glass: Why the world looks different in other languages. Picador.
>  
> 	• Evans, Nicholas. 2011. Dying words: Endangered languages and what they have to tell us. Wiley-Blackwell.
>  
> 	• Evans, Vyvyan. 2014. The language myth: Why language is not an instinct. Cambridge.
>  
> 	• Evans, Vyvyan. 2015. The crucible of language: How language and mind create meaning. Cambridge.
>  
> 	• Everett, Daniel. 2012. Language: The cultural tool. Vintage.
>  
> 	• Genetti, Carol (ed.). How languages work: An introduction to language and linguistics (2nd ed.). Cambridge.
>  
> 	• Harrison, K. David. When languages die: The extinction of the world’s languages and the erosion of human knowledge. Oxford.
>  
> Best,
>  
> Danny
>  
>  
> Daniel W. Hieber
> Ph.D. Candidate in Linguistics
> University of California, Santa Barbara
> danielhieber.com
>  
> From: Vladimir Panov
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 3:55 AM
> To: lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org
> Subject: [Lingtyp] popular non-generative book
>  
> Dear colleagues, 
>  
> I wonder if anyone knows (a) well-written popular book(s) presenting a general introduction in linguistics from a non-generativist viewpoint. Something like Pinker's books, but from the opposite camp. Needed for an introductory course in linguistic diversity and general linguistics for students outside linguistics.
>  
> Best,
> Vladimir Panov
>  
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