Re: THEORY: Required Reading?

> Douglas Treadwell <epicureanideal@...> nevesht:
> >
> > I've already read quite a bit about language and auxlangs, but I am
> > certainly less informed than most of the list.  Are there
> any books you
> > would recommend as a sort of "required reading list" to be
> adequately
> > informed on the subject?  We're all sharp people on this
> list, and so even
> > with limited reading I think anyone here can make a
> valuable contribution,
> > but I would like to become aware of all the "common
> knowledge".  Are there
> > any particularly good books on alphabets, grammars,
> language in general?
The SIL website has some good materials to get you acquainted with linguistic terminology and such.

	http://www.sil.org/linguistics/glossaryoflinguisticterms/index.htm

Wikipedia also has quite a few linguistics related articles, but with the usual Wiki caveats.