An Introduction to the Study of Language

A complete first course in linguistics written by seven university instructors, covering phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and language in society. This revised second edition adds chapters on language, power and identity, with practice exercises in every chapter.

Catherine Anderson et al.

Lecture notes from a university introduction to linguistics, moving step by step from phonetics and phonology to morphology, syntax and semantics. Clear and rigorous, with a strong focus on how linguists analyze real data.

Marcus Kracht

Edward Sapir's 1921 classic on what language is, how languages differ and how they change over time. A short, elegant book that still shapes how linguists think about sounds, grammar, language and culture.

Edward Sapir

A training guide for the Linguistics Olympiad that teaches you to solve puzzles in languages you have never seen. Each type of problem comes with the theory you need, a method to crack it and practice problems from past competitions.

Vlad A. Neacșu