Indo-european Language and Culture: An Introduction (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics) (in Paperback)
Review Praise for the Previous Edition: “Superb … [Fortson's] short general discussions of the histories and ecologies of the individual languages are the best I have ever read.” (Recensiones – Salesianum, 2008) “I would like to conclude by stressing that this is an excellent textbook. I have taught from it, and the students in my [...]
Genre Relations: Mapping Culture (Equinox Textbooks & Surveys in Linguistics) (in Hardcover)
This book provides an introduction to genre analysis from the perspective of the ‘Sydney School’ of functional linguistics. Chapter 1 introduces our general orientation to genre from the perspective of system and structure, and places genre within our general model of language and social context. Chapters 2-5 deal with five major families of genres (stories, [...]
Historical Linguistics: Theory and Method (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics) (in Paperback)
Review “This book will be a boon to educators who teach courses that go beyond a basic introduction to historical linguistics and who seek to link issues in linguistic change to questions in theoretical phonology or syntax … This book is firmly on my list of the few crucial texts for historical linguists … students [...]