Entry point to Language and Linguistics pages and texts.

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Language and Linguistics entry points


* Glossary of Linguistics.
* Introduction to Linguistics (class notes).
* Possible Cause of the Great Vowel Shift.
* Timeline of English Language.

Language and Linguistics books

* Far from the Madding Gerund: and other Dispatches from Language Log by Mark Lieberman and Geoffrey K. Pullum.
* The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language (2007) by Christine Kenneally. One of the best books read in 2009.
* The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax by Geoffrey K. Pullum.
* The History of the English Language Also book log of Part 1.
* Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language by Seth Lerer.
* Linguistics: An Introduction to Language and Communication by Adrian Akmajian et al.
* A Student's Introduction to English Grammar by Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum.


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