There's probably no single perfect text. Duh. But there are helpful chapters
and approaches that, well, I like, in a few. The Parker/Riley 3rd edition of
LINGUISTICS FOR NON-LINGUISTS has some very good stuff in it. There's a chapter
on pragmatics and one called "Language Processing," that has some material
dealing with clause arrangement, the use of different determiners in relation to
the perception of cohesion in paragraphs, and with other, related topics.
There's also a chapter with the explicit title, "Written Language." And it's a
text designed for students to use.
I also like some of the material in chapters 6 and 7 of Alan Durant and Nigel
Fabb's (Routledge) book, LITERARY STUDIES IN ACTION. And George Miller's book,
THE SCIENCE OF WORDS (from Scientific American) is just so beautiful, is so good
at both concept and linguistic history, and has very nice stuff relating to
lexical semantics, among other things, that it's just a pleasure to look at. I
don't know how it works as a text; students often wish for directive 'text-y'
books over this sort.
I hope you get some other suggestions, too, and also hope that if you look at any
of these, you'll share your own opinions.
Sharon K.
Helene Krauthamer wrote:
> Next fall I hope to be teaching a course in
> introductory linguistics for English majors, and I
> wonder if any of you have any recommendations for
> textbooks. Several years ago I used Fromkin and
> Rodman, and one semester I used O'Grady, Dobrovolsky,
> and Aronoff, but I wasn't satisfied with their
> applications to composition or literature. I'm also
> looking for a text that has a good companion website,
> if one exists. Any suggestions?
> (Thanks!)
>
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