What about a basic text on the history of English? Would that help your grad
student? I'm thinking of something basic like Pyles & Algeo's _The Origins &
Development of the English Language_ (Harccourt Brace Jovanovich).  If
nothing else, it has extensive bibliographies at the end of each chapter. I
think it could be a door opener.

Paul E. Doniger


> A grad student who plans to teach college composition but also wants to
study linguistics has asked me for suggested reference books for grammarians
or aspiring linguists--not grammar handbooks or scholarship per se, but
solid books on language, especially the English language.
>
> I have my picks, but I'm interested in what other people on the list
consider the best reference texts now available.
>
> I know this is a broad quesiton and it depends on each person's individual
interests, needs, etc etc etc.  But I think it would be good to see what
other people recommend.  (The literature folks always have these interesting
debates on the 'best' novels.  Why can't we play too!)
>
> --larry beason
>
>
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> Dept. of English, Univ. of South Alabama
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