I prefer Jacques Cousteau as the Glottalic Series. As long as we're on Indo-European, WP Lehmann's translation of some of the most important 19th c. works on PIE is available on the University of Texas Department of Linguistics web site. The book Readings in 19th Century Historical Indo-European Linguistics (I think) was publish in th late 60s by Indiana University Press. You get to read significant work by Grimm, Grassman, Verner, Saussure, etc. and marvel at the ground-breaking work they did. Herb -----Original Message----- From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of Spruiell, William C Sent: Fri 9/15/2006 2:24 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Textbook for My History of the English Language Course I'm the one that used Bryson as supplementary outside reading. Again, you have to take it for what it is -- a popularization written by a nonlinguist. "The Story of English" series has somewhat similar problems -- McNeil tends to find one person to act as an authority on any given issue, and then ignores disagreements in the field, alternate viewpoints, etc., and occasionally throws in conjecture with a hefty coating of "factiness." The good thing about using these types of works is that you can use them to bring up discussions about how one goes about verifying claims about language, about the origins and motivations behind false etymologies, and so forth. And in both Bryson and McNeil's defense, I think we can take it as a given that "The First Germanic Sound Shift: The Miniseries" might be hard to sell to the network folks, especially now that Marcel Marceau is no longer around to cast in the role of a Voiceless Aspirate. Bill Spruiell Dept. of English Central Michigan University -----Original Message----- From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stahlke, Herbert F.W. Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:13 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Textbook for My History of the English Language Course I agree. Bryson is fun, but his research and command of the material is a little shaky. My son used it in an undergrad class and loved it. He was a little offended when I pointed out some of the problems. Herb -----Original Message----- From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of Johanna Rubba Sent: Thu 9/14/2006 4:04 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Textbook for My History of the English Language Course One of Bill Bryson's books was mentioned -- Made in AMerica? or something. But I recommend AGAINST his "The Mother Tongue". It's not accurate enough. Journalists! Dr. Johanna Rubba, Associate Professor, Linguistics Linguistics Minor Advisor English Department California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo E-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel.: 805.756.2184 Dept. Ofc. Tel.: 805.756.2596 Dept. Fax: 805.756.6374 URL: http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/